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Dec 28, 2008 5:03 pm US/Mountain

Gun 'Buy Back' Turns Into Gun 'Give Back'

Reporting
Howard Nathan
DENVER (CBS4) ― A gun "give-back" in Denver ended Saturday after it started as a plan to buy guns from people.

Organizers couldn't come up with the $50 per gun they had hoped to trade people for weapons.

The event was held at 9th and Holly and 15 guns were turned in, but more were expected if there had been money.

Several people with handguns and even a shotgun came expecting to collect cash, but they apparently did not hear that there would be no money, so they left with their guns.

Others did drop off guns. One man said he found a .9 millimeter handgun in a gutter by his house. He believes the weapons can be dangerous for a very personal reason.

"You know I buried a nephew about three years ago, got shot on the east side you know, but it's like I say, to get the guns off the street, it's to save these kids, it's what I'm about and money don't mean nothing to me," Tony Veasley said. "It's about getting guns off the street and get them to a safe environment."

The guns will be given to the Denver Police Department.

Originally organizers were hoping to collect $5,000 to $10,000 in donations, but the money never materialized.

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