POUGHKEEPSIE – Assemblyman Jonathan Jacobson and the City of Poughkeepsie Police collaborated on a gun buyback event that collected a total of 119 firearms, including 19 assault weapons and 55 handguns. The event was held at the Beulah Baptist Church in Poughkeepsie, although some people who turned in guns traveled from other parts of the state to take advantage of the opportunity to get paid for the firearms.
Gun buybacks operate as an amnesty program, in which guns are exchanged for gift cards with no questions asked and no identification required. Once the weapons are logged by the police, they are destroyed.
“Gun buybacks are part of a broader approach to preventing gun violence,” Jacobson said. “One less gun in circulation is one less gun that can get into the wrong hands and end up hurting or killing a relative, friend, or neighbor.”
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