Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Nearly 10,000 guns have been turned in across the state since the December shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Authorities say the massacre prompted residents to rid their homes of guns.
The doors of two Camden churches swung open shortly after daybreak on Dec. 14, with law enforcement officials inside hoping a two-day cash-for-guns program might help put a dent in the crime rate in one of America’s most violent cities. But just 90 minutes after people began to trickle into the churches, a troubled 20-year-old named Adam Lanza shot his way into an elementary school in a small Connecticut town as idyllic as Camden is gritty. As the scope of the school massacre came into focus that afternoon – 20 children and six adults lie dead – the trickle of people with guns to surrender grew into a stream and, by the following morning, a torrent. Officials collected 1,137 firearms during those two days in Camden, the most successful gun…
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Twelve sawed-off shotguns and one AK-47 were among the illegal guns collected in Monmouth County.
The Monmouth County gun buyback program brought in 45 illegal weapons last weekend, including an AK-47 and 15 other assault rifles. A total of 1,581 guns were collected in Keansburg and Asbury Park on March 8 and 9. This was the fourth buyback program in the county, supervised by the State Attorney General's Office. Among the haul was 761 handguns, 409 rifles and 356 shotguns -- but only 40 were considered usable, said Chiesa. The state has now collected 7,092 firearms from state-run buyback programs, according to Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa. The buybacks are funded through criminal forfeiture funds. In Monmouth County, law enforcement officers paid an average of $132 per gun, for a maximum of three guns per person. The county program…
Thursday, March 7, 2013
State-run buyback program collection will be held in Keansburg and Asbury Park
A state-run gun buyback program, the fourth in a series, is scheduled for Friday and Saturday in two Monmouth County locations. The program, which will pay up to $250 for each weapon, is being held by the state Attorney General's office in conjunction with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, the Asbury Park Police Department, the Keansburg Police Department, the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office, and local faith-based community organizations. Monmouth County residents can bring their unloaded guns on Friday to a public building on Carr Avenue -- 179 Carr Ave. -- near the Saint Ann Catholic Church in Keansburg or to the Shiloh Community Fellowship Ministry in Asbury Park -- 142 Dewitt Ave. -- according to a release from the Attorney …
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179 Carr Ave, Keansburg, NJ
St. Ann's Catholic Church
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
Collection points are at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Keansburg, and Shiloh Community Fellowship Ministry in Asbury Park on March 8 and 9. Up to $250 cash will be paid for guns.
In attempt to get illegal guns off the streets and cut into gun violence, the Attorney General’s Office is staging a state-sponsored gun buyback to be held in Monmouth County early next month, officials said Thursday. State Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa was in Asbury Park Thursday to announce the March 8 and 9 program would be held in conjunction with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, the Asbury Park Police Department, the Keansburg Police Department, the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office, and local faith-based community organizations. Monmouth County residents can turn in up to three unloaded guns at St. Ann Catholic Church at 267 Carr Ave. in Keansburg, or the Shiloh Community Fellowship Ministry at 142 Dewitt Ave. in …
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267 Carr Ave, Keansburg, NJ
St. Anne's Church
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142 Dewitt Ave, Asbury Park, NJ
Shiloh Community Fellowship Ministry
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lisa sullivan taisey
8:18 am on Thursday, April 11, 2013
Criminals, drug dealers and thieves do NOT surrender guns. I suggest if you do not own a firearm put a sign outside your yard that says, "Proud to be a gun free zone" I will guarantee a home invasion or robbery. Our home has a sign that says, "we don't call 911" more ›