Chicagoans turn in some 6,800 guns
CHICAGO (AP) Chicago police say they received about 6,800 firearms during the city's annual gun turn-in program.
The program is in its fourth year and has brought in a total of more than 11,000 illegal guns, but authorities say more guns were collected during Saturday's than last year but the number fell short of the goal set by Police Superintentdent Jody Weis (WEES).
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's office said 6,700 guns were collected last year, and Weis had said this year's goal was to collect twice as many.
Participants received prepaid $100 debit cards for real weapons and $10 cards for BB guns, air guns and replica guns.
Enough people came out that organizers ran out of the $100 prepaid cards. Organizers said those participants would receive rain checks for the money.
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