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Hope Community Church Offers $100 For Gun Turn In

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago police collected more than 150 firearms at a gun turn in event Saturday afternoon at Hope Community Church in the South Austin neighborhood.

Police were offering $100 Visa gift cards for each gun turned in, no questions asked. Replica guns, BB guns, and air guns also could be turned in for $10 each.

The event ran from 10 a.m. Saturday until 2 p.m. at 5900 W. Iowa St. in the church's parking lot. Police said 164 guns were turned in, and 26 replica guns also were collected.

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