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Bob Coyle, of East Haven, gets ready to turn in two rifles and a .22 caliber shotgun during a gun buyback event at the Bridgeport Police Department's Community Services Division Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012 in Bridgeport, Conn. In the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., the city raised $100,000 for the program and will offer up to $200 value for a working handgun, $75 for rifles and higher amounts for assault-type rifles. -
Kevin McMahon, of Bridgeport, gets ready to turn in his .38 Smith & Wesson revolver during a gun buyback event at the Bridgeport Police Department's Community Services Division in Bridgeport, Conn. In the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., the city raised $100,000 for the program and will offer up to $200 value for a working handgun, $75 for rifles and higher amounts for assault-type rifles. -
Officer Monica Vannorman, center, photographs a pistol as Officer Merri Hughes, right, logs relinquished weapons at a gun buyback event at the Tucson Police Department Midtown Substation in Tucson, Ariz. Gun owners relinquished their handguns and rifles in exchange for a $50 Safeway gift card on Tuesday, which marked the second anniversary of the shootings in Tucson that left six dead and 13 injured, including former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. -
Gun buyers inspect their purchases outside a police station in Tucson, Ariz. About a dozen buyers offered cash to sellers in the parking lot of a police station where Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik set up a gun buyback program in exchange for a $50 gift certificate to a grocery store. The buyers were trying to purchase weapons from sellers in an effort to circumvent Councilman Kozachik's buyback program. -
Guns are piled inside a crate outside a police station in Tucson, Ariz., during Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik's gun buy back program. Kozachik asked people to turn in their guns for a $50 gift certificate to a Safeway grocery store. -
San Diego police officer Victor Alonso searches for serial numbers on a modified rifle turned in during a gun exchange program held in San Diego. The police collected over 300 weapons. San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore said he would expand the no-questions-asked exchanges from south San Diego to other parts of his jurisdiction within six months. His department contributed $10,000 to United African American Ministerial Action Council’s annual exchange, which is now in its fifth year. -
Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck, left,shows off one of two rocket launchers turned in during the Los Angeles, California, gun buyback program, with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, following a news conference announcing more than 2,000 firearms were collected . -
Some of the weapons collected in the Los Angeles Gun Buyback event are showcased T during a news conference at the LAPD headquarters in Los Angeles. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's office says the weapons collected included 901 handguns, 698 rifles, 363 shotguns and 75 assault weapons. The buyback is usually held in May but was moved up in response to the Dec. 14 massacre of students and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. -
Los Angeles, California, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa gazes at a trash can full of assault weapons while the city's police chief, Charlie Beck, right, holds an assault weapon, one of several turned in, during a news conference. -
The mayor's office as well as police department officials see the program as part of a strategy that has attributed to a reduction in gun-related crimes in recent years. Nearly 8,000 guns have been surrendered since the program was initiated in 2009. -
Hundreds of gun owners waited for hours to exchange their weapons for gift cards, at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Area in Los Angeles, California. The mayor's office as well as police department officials see the program as part of a strategy that has attributed to a reduction in gun-related crimes in recent years. Nearly 8,000 guns have been surrendered since the program was initiated in 2009. -
Los Angeles Police Department reserve officer Joe Buscaino, also a city council member in Los Angeles, California, holds an assualt weapon, one of several turned in, ahead of a news conference. Hundreds of gun owners waited for hours to exchange their weapons for gift cards . -
Seattle Deputy Police Chief Nick Metz, center, s at a news conference to announce a new gun buyback program that will begin later in January, 2013 in Seattle. Behind him, from left, is former Seattle mayor Norm Rice, Bellevue Mayor Conrad Lee, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, and King Co. Executive Dow Constantine. -
Aaron Williams, left, pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, and Ty Rogers, center, corporate communications manager for Amazon.com, listen Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, as former Seattle Mayor Charles Royer, right, speaks at a news conference to announce a new gun buyback program that will begin later in January, 2013, in Seattle. Amazon, a Seattle-based online retailer, is donating $30,000 in gift cards, which will be paid to people who turn in guns during the buyback program.
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