Salt Lake City Police host gun buyback event; Some activists show up in opposition
SALT LAKE CITY — In light of recent mass shootings in the United States, the Salt Lake City Police Department held its first-ever gun buyback Saturday.
"Something so small as turning in a gun can have huge consequences down the road," he said."I mean, if in the wrong hands, one gun, one bullet, can have devastating consequences.” “I've been able to stand here and talk with some of the people and they said, 'Look, I've been waiting for an opportunity like this, where I could safely feel that the gun is going to be destroyed or disposed of,'" said Chief Brown.
“The state's doing a gun buyback program, which is a well-intended, but I believe ultimately useless effort," she said. “I'm buying these guns so I can use them to take people who don't know much about firearms to the range.”“I've had several incidents where having a gun on me has demonstrated to a group of assailants that I was not unarmed or weak, or not an easy victim," said Boston.
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