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Gun Buyback Draws A Crowd In Lakeland

News Channel 8 photo by JIM FARQUHAR

Volunteer Mary Poindester loads a gun into a pile of hundreds collected by the Lakeland Police Department in its first-ever buyback.

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Published: December 13, 2008

Lakeland - The lure of $50 gift cards drew early birds to the Lakeland Police Department's first Gun Buy-Back this morning.

Police said participants began arriving at Northwest Park two hours before the event's 9 a.m. start. Hundreds of guns had been collected by mid-morning.

Firearms were accepted with no questions asked, and gift cards were available on a first-come-first-served basis.

The event continues until 2 p.m. at the park, 108 W. Third St. It is being funded by donations, as well as money seized in criminal cases, police said.

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