Photos: Tucson Gun Buyback
Gun owners waited in lines over an hour to relinquish their handguns and rifles in exchange for a $50 Safeway gift card at the Tucson Police Department Midtown Substation.
Tucson gun buyback
Officer Monica Vannorman, center, photographs a pistol as officer Merri Hughes, right, logs the relinquished weapons at a gun buyback event Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at the Tucson Police Department Midtown Substation in Tucson, Ariz.
Tucson gun buyback
Officer Monica Vannorman, center, photographs a pistol as officer Merri Hughes, right, logs the relinquished weapons at a gun buyback event Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at the Tucson Police Department Midtown Substation in Tucson, Ariz.
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Tucson gun buyback
Officer Michael Whitfield, right, hands back a disabled handgun so it can be logged at a gun buyback event Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at the Tucson Police Department Midtown Substation in Tucson, Ariz.
Tucson gun buyback
Officer Monica Vannorman, center, photographs a pistol as officer Merri Hughes, right, logs the relinquished weapons at a gun buyback event Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at the Tucson Police Department Midtown Substation.
Tucson gun buyback
Tucson police officers inspect handguns and rifles before they're disassembled at a gun buyback event Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at the Tucson Police Department Midtown Substation in Tucson, Ariz. In the background, interested parties offer larger sums of cash to purchase them on the spot. Gun owners waited in lines over an hour to relinquish their weapons in exchange for a $50 Safeway gift card.
Tucson gun buyback
Officer Southard disassembles the .22 rifle and .410 shotgun of Michael Jarrold, right, and father Gary Jarrold, center, at a gun buyback event Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at the Tucson Police Department Midtown Substation in Tucson, Ariz. Gun owners waited in lines over an hour to relinquish their handguns and rifles in exchange for a $50 Safeway gift card.
Tucson gun buyback
Officer Southard, left, shows gun owner Bill Phillips where he can take his disassembled .12-gauge shotgun at a gun buyback event Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at the Tucson Police Department Midtown Substation in Tucson, Ariz.
Tucson gun buyback
Former state senator Frank Antenori, left, listens as a man, who declined to be named, tries to sell a .22 Marlin Model 60 rifle at a counter-effort gun buyback event Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at the Tucson Police Department Midtown Substation in Tucson, Ariz.
Tucson gun buyback
Former state senator Frank Antenori, center, talks with two men, wishing only to be identified as Tucson citizens, at Antenori's counter-effort gun buyback on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at the Tucson Police Department Midtown Substation in Tucson, Ariz.
Tucson Gun Buyback
Christine Bauserman, a former campaign manager for former state senator Frank Antenori, starts to tear down a table set up for counter-effort gun buyback Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at the Tucson Police Department Midtown Substation.
Tucson gun buyback draws a big crowd
Jack Keyes holds a Browning .22-caliber rifle he purchased for $100 at a county gun buyback effort led by former state senator Frank Antenori. Keyes estimated the gun is worth about $500.
About 200 guns were turned over in exchange for grocery store gift cards at this morning’s gun buyback event.
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