Tagged: Ed Gainey

Public Safety
11:00 am
Mon March 4, 2013

How to Get Guns Off the Streets? Allegheny County Officials Have a Plan

Elected officials at three levels in Allegheny County have announced tentative plans for the creation of a gun buyback program, in which residents would be paid to drop off illegal guns at the county sheriff's office.

State Representative Ed Gainey (D-Allegheny) said he understands that criminals won't turn in their own illegal guns, but he said family members might hand them over if they can do so anonymously and for a reward.

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