{"id":301029,"date":"2026-07-20T20:24:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/301029\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T20:24:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:24:54","slug":"nearly-200-firearms-turned-in-during-clinton-hill-gun-buyback-officials-say-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/301029\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 200 firearms turned in during Clinton Hill gun buyback, officials say \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly 200 firearms were taken out of circulation at a community gun buyback in at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Clinton Hill on July 18.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Locals surrendered a total of 191 firearms at the event, including nine assault weapons, 162 handguns and four long guns, according to the Attorney General\u2019s office, which hosted the event in partnership with the District Attorney, the NYPD, and Emmanuel Baptist Church.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The first 60 participants<\/a> in the \u201cno ID, no questions asked\u201d buyback received a $100 retail gift card. Those who turned in operable handguns and assault rifles received a $500 bank card, while ghost or 3D-printed guns were exchanged for $200. Each rifle or shotgun earned $75 and air guns, imitation pistols or non-operable firearms earned $25.<\/p>\n

\"closeupBrooklynites traded in their firearms for bank cards and gift cards. Photo courtesy of Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery gun removed from our communities is a potential life saved and crisis averted,\u201d said Attorney General Letitia James. \u201cThis weekend\u2019s gun buyback event resulted in the removal of 191 unwanted guns from our streets, marking a critical step in our fight to protect our communities from gun violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since she took office in 2019, James\u2019 office has helped remove nearly 10,000 guns from the streets of New York City.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said buybacks help prevent firearms from being used in crimes, suicides or accidental shootings involving children.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI sleep better at night after events like this, knowing that close to 200 weapons are no longer in homes and potentially on our streets,\u201d he said. \u201cAs Brooklyn continues to experience a historically safe year and summer in terms of gun violence, we are committed to keep reducing the proliferation of guns, engaging our communities and further improving public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement, Dr. Shareka N. Newton, senior pastor-elect of Emmanuel Baptist Church, said hosting the buyback was a small make the community safer for children and families.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI am from Brooklyn, and I know firsthand the difference a safe, caring community can make in the life of a young person,\u201d she said. \u201cI was able to grow, dream, and become who I am because people in this community helped protect and nurture me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"jessicaNYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch (center) said police have removed more than 2,500 guns from the streets of New York so far this year.Photo courtesy of Ed Reed\/Mayoral Photography Office<\/p>\n

Last year was the safest in Brooklyn history, as homicides and shooting incidents fell to record-breaking lows<\/a>. So far this year, murder and shooting incidents are down significantly in the borough, according to NYPD data, and crime is down citywide, too. So far this year, overall crime across the five boroughs is down just over 6%, while shooting incidents are down more than 7%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced that \u201cNYPD delivered the fewest<\/a> shooting incidents, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history for the first half of the year.\u201d She also added that murders are down in Brooklyn with \u201call-time lows.\u201d Still, the borough has been shaken by outbursts of violence<\/a>, including a Fourth of July shooting that left eight people \u2014 including four children \u2014 injured in Coney Island.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery gun recovered is a potential tragedy avoided and life saved,\u201d Tisch said after the July 18 buyback. \u201cThanks to the NYPD\u2019s precision policing strategy, and the men and women in uniform who do this dangerous work, we have removed over 2,700 guns from our streets so far this year and driven down gun violence and murders to record lows. We will continue to invest in these important programs with our law enforcement partners to make our communities safer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly 200 firearms were taken out of circulation at a community gun buyback in at Emmanuel Baptist Church…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,5531,100,99,114234,4308,303,32436,114235,5533,6344,51819,787,5302,398,9,41902,24,12,370,63,103,646,308,1986,3980,10448],"class_list":["post-301029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-district-attorney","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-buyback","tag-clinton-hill","tag-crime","tag-crime-prevention","tag-emmanuel-baptist-church","tag-eric-gonzalez","tag-firearms","tag-gun-buyback","tag-gun-violence","tag-jessica-tisch","tag-letitia-james","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-attorney-general","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-newsletter","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-police-and-fire","tag-public-safety","tag-safety","tag-shootings","tag-thomas-dinapoli"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}