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Here's an article about the buy-back
http://www.mlive.com/kzgazette/news/index.ssf/2008/09/kalamazoo_department_of_public.html
http://www.mlive.com/kzgazette/news/index.ssf/2008/09/kalamazoo_department_of_public.html
Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety's gun amnesty buyback program is Saturday
by Rex Hall Jr. | Kalamazoo Gazette
Thursday September 18, 2008, 9:24 AM
KALAMAZOO -- No questions will be asked and police are offering money to residents who turn in guns Saturday during the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety's Gun Amnesty Buyback Program, authorities said.
The event will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. at Public Safety's Training Division, 116 W. Cedar St. For residents who can't get to the training site, Public Safety officers will be available to pick up items at residents' homes.
Residents can turn in weapons, ammunition and explosives to the department without penalty, a news release said. The items will be destroyed.
Police are offering $25 for nonworking single-shot firearms and .22-caliber firearms; $50 for working handguns and multiple-shot long guns; $75 for handguns that hold 10 or more rounds; and $100 for assault weapons.
Police ask that residents place unloaded guns, ammunition and explosives in containers before bringing them to the training facility. Containers holding weapons should be placed in the trunks of vehicles, separate from ammunition, the news release said.
At the training center, police said, residents should inform a Public Safety officer that they have weapons to turn in, and the officer will remove them from their vehicles.