The Brooklyn-based church Coney Island Gospel Assembly recently held a gun buyback program in an attempt to reduce gun violence within the borough. According to Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes’ website, “The success of this program goes a long way toward reducing violent crime in Brooklyn. Each gun that is taken off the streets could lead to one less robbery … To overcome the fact that some people are intimidated when it comes to turning guns in to a police precinct, we got the churches and clergy involved.”
