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Philadelphia City Council hosts 2 gun buyback events
PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia City Council and anti-violence activists sponsored not one, but two gun buy back events on Saturday.The events were held from 10am-2pm at the New Hope Outreach Center & Holy Cross Baptist Church. Between the two locations, a total of 42 guns were collected with a mix between handguns and long guns.192nd District State Representative Morgan Cephas says events like this, combined with other anti-gun and anti-violence measures, is key to preventing further gun violence in the city. "It should be all hands on deck. When we have to take different strategies to address this issue.