Update: Central Falls' gun buyback nets 225 weapons
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CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. - The final tally of guns handed in during the city's gun buyback program on Saturday was 225 -- 147 rifles and shotguns and 78 handguns, according to Police Chief Joseph P. Moran III. The program cost Mayor Charles D. Moreau $11,250. He had promised to pay $50 in cash for each firearm that was turned in. The city says the money came from the mayor's personal funds. The city conducted a similar buyback program five to six years ago, Moran said, and netted 40 to 50 guns. "We thought 30 to 40 to 50 would be a great day," Moran said Monday morning. "Two hundred twenty-five was outstanding." The police didn't ask many questions of those turning in the guns because they wanted to encourage people to turn them in, Moran said. Moreau, who is running for reelection, had said in a news release issued last week that no one would be questioned about where they obtained the gun. The hope, the mayor said, was to reduce gun violence in this impoverished one-square-mile city. "Anytime you can take a gun off the city streets, you reduce the potential for violent criminal activity,'' Moreau said in the release. The guns were turned in during a six-hour period that began at 8 a.m. This story was originally published at 7:13 a.m. -- With reports from Journal Staff Writer Kate Bramson 
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Central Falls...slouching into New Order socialism and the police state.
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Hi:
I trust that Central Falls will check the Local & National Data Base to see if any of these guns are Stolen.
And of course if any are that the Mayor & City will make EVERY Effort to see that the Owners are contacted & the Stolen Guns returned.
Will They ????
Jim T
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Of all the places in RI (other than Providence, of course) for a law-abiding citizen to be armed, Central Falls would be it. These people are laughably- and tragically- naive in their trust of the government to protect them.
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