Hundreds of guns collected at Syracuse buyback event

WAER | By Scott Willis

Published April 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM EDT

A table filled with long guns — 638 guns were turned in at the buyback event in Syracuse, including 130 assault weapons, 333 handguns, 2 ghost guns, and 150 long guns.

More than 600 firearms were turned in over the weekend at a gun buy-back event in Syracuse, including 130 assault weapons. More than half of the firearms were handguns.

People also turned in long guns and even two ghost guns, which don’t have serial numbers. The state attorney general’s office and Syracuse partnered for the event, which aims to reduce the number of guns in the community.

Since 2019, more than 9,000 guns have been collected statewide.

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