PHILADELPHIA - As the number of shootings and shooting homicides continues to increase across Philadelphia, city leaders and police are asking people to check their homes for guns and surrender them anonymously.City council members along with police announced Thursday that two locations would accept guns on Saturday as part of a continuation of the city’s Home Gun Check program.
Residents turned in what city officials say were dozens of guns when the program had its initial run in December.Amidst a rising tide of gun violence, city officials are hoping residents will search their houses and anonymously turn in any guns they find or don’t want at two church locations Saturday.