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330 firearms collected at Nassau gun buyback in Uniondale

Originally published: February 16, 2013 7:58 PM
Updated: February 16, 2013 9:36 PM
By AISHA AL-MUSLIM aisha.al-muslim@newsday.com

Nassau County Police and the Nassau County District

Photo credit: Jim Staubitser | Nassau County Police and the Nassau County District Attorneys office held a gun buyback session. (Feb. 16. 2013)

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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.

"One gun off the...

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