Watch Live: Mayor Sylvester Turner is speaking during the fourth gun buyback event for the Houston-area.
2nd gun buyback program to take place in Alief Saturday; Here’s what you need to know, what not to bringOfficials’ goal is to get guns off the streets to prevent violent crimes. People can return their guns without having to get out of their cars.Those turning in guns will receive gift cards from $50-200. The gift card depends on what type of gun you have.This is the fourth gun buyback event in the Houston-area.Officers also said violent crime is down by 14%.
“The whole purpose really is to get guns off the street when people no longer need them or want them, or somebody has passed away and they don’t know what to do with them. That way it alleviates the worry of somebody breaking into their house and stealing a firearm, when in reality they didn’t know what to do with them,” Houston Police Assistant Chief Patricia Cantu said.
HPD said you cannot return privately manufactured guns or ghost guns. There is a 25 gun return limit per person.Corley Peel is a Texas native and Texas Tech graduate who covered big stories in Joplin, Missouri, Tulsa, Oklahoma and Jacksonville, Florida before returning to the Lone Star State. When not reporting, Corley enjoys hot yoga, Tech Football, and finding the best tacos in town.
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