Turn in your weapon, get an iPad or bank card at SI gun buyback this weekend

The Edward K. Esposito Community Center on Staten Island, where the NYPD will host a gun buyback event on Saturday.
The Edward K. Esposito Community Center on Staten Island, where the NYPD will host a gun buyback event on Saturday. Photo credit Google Street View

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The NYPD and the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office are hosting a gun buyback event on Staten Island on Saturday.

The event will be held at the Edward K. Esposito Community Center in Grant City from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Anyone who turns in a pistol or assault rifle will get a $200 bank card or an iPad no questions asked.

Twenty-five dollar bank cards will also be available for rifles, shotguns and airguns.

There will be a limited stock of iPads, so they’ll be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis.

No law enforcement officials will participate in the event.

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