330 firearms collected at Nassau County Long Island Gun buyback in Uniondale

More than 300 legal and illegal weapons were taken off the streets Saturday through a Nassau County gun buyback session at a Uniondale church.

The three-hour event at Grace Cathedral International was part of a joint effort by the Nassau County police and the district attorney's office as they combat gun violence and seek to improve neighborhood safety, officials said.

A diverse crowd -- many wearing sunglasses, hoods and baseball caps into the event -- poured into the church after they had transported unloaded guns in their car trunks and placed them in cardboard boxes, shoe boxes or plastic bags, as required. They anonymously exchanged their weapons, mostly illegal, for cash with no questions asked. Rifles were worth $100, handguns $200 and assault rifles $400. Forfeiture funds support the program.

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