Chicago gun turn-in yields 5,500 firearms

(CBS News) CHICAGO - Chicago police collected firearms numbering more than 5,500 and counting on Saturday, from a gun turn-in program designed to take dangerous weapons off the street.

Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said the tally could go considerably higher, reports CBS Station WBBM.
Pallets were still being unloaded at a Homan Square facility where the weapons were being sorted.
"I'm quite certain that if you look at some of these heavy weapons, we certainly are making a difference here, just by getting these guns off the street," McCarthy said at a news conference to show off some of the weapons.

The firearms ranged from an M-60 machine gun and sawed-off shotguns to pen-like "zip" guns that can fire a lethal round.

Of the more than 5,500 weapons, about 700 turned out to be BB-guns or replicas, McCarthy said.
During the gun turn-in Saturday, dubbed "Don't Kill a Dream, Save a Life," Chicagoans could turn in firearms, no questions asked, at churches to get $100 gift cards for each firearm.

BB-guns and replicas were worth $10 cards.

Some locations ran out of gift cards, and had to give people IOUs.-[Full Article]

[Webmaster - Oh good! I'm sure all the "bad people" in Chicago turned in their guns. My question is, "How many homes were broken into and burglarized to acquire those weapons that were turned in, thereby INCREASING the crime rate?" Well at least we know there are 5500 new potential unarmed VICTIMS in Chicago. This is all about CONDITIONING us for the upcoming gun confiscations. When the time comes, will you follow the rest of sheep who turn in their weapons for a loaf of bread or bowl of soup. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU EVER TURN IN YOUR GUNS TO THE CRIMINAL GOVERNMENT IN CHARGE. HIDE THEM IF YOU HAVE TO, BUT NEVER TURN THEM IN. Those that do turn them in, deserve whatever happens to them (Bolshevik Russia, Nazi Germany, Maoist China, and on and on and on...)]