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Oahu buyback program offers gift cards for guns

A community gun buyback event on Oahu offered Foodland gift cards in exchange for rifles, pistols and other firearms.

By Craig T. Kojima and courtesy Hawaii Department of Public Safety

Oct. 21, 2023

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A gun is processed after it was turned in on Saturday.
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Jordan Lowe, director of the Department of Law Enforcement, with guns turned in by a resident.
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Guns were turned in by a resident on Saturday.
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A firearm waits to be processed.
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A firearm waits to be processed.
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A firearm waits to be processed.
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Rifles are taken out of a car during a gun buyback program at the Department of Health Parking Lot on Punchbowl Street, Saturday, Oct. 21.
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Rifles and other firearms are seen in a truck during a gun buyback program at the Department of Health Parking Lot on Punchbowl Street, Saturday, Oct. 21.
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A rifle and a handgun are seen during a gun buyback program at the Department of Health Parking Lot on Punchbowl Street, Saturday, Oct. 21.
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Rifle cases and boxes from firearms received during a gun buyback program are seen at the Department of Health Parking Lot on Punchbowl Street, Saturday, Oct. 21.
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A stack of rifles is seen during a gun buyback program at the Department of Health Parking Lot on Punchbowl Street, Saturday, Oct. 21.
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A box of pistols is seen during a gun buyback program at the Department of Health Parking Lot on Punchbowl Street, Saturday, Oct. 21.
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Rifles and shotguns are processed during a gun buyback program at the Department of Health Parking Lot on Punchbowl Street, Saturday, Oct. 21.
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Rifles are processed during a gun buyback program at the Department of Health Parking Lot on Punchbowl Street, Saturday, Oct. 21.
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Rifles and shotguns are processed during a gun buyback program at the Department of Health Parking Lot on Punchbowl Street, Saturday, Oct. 21.
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A pistol is processed and secured during a gun buyback program at the Department of Health Parking Lot on Punchbowl Street, Saturday, Oct. 21.
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Pistols are processed during a gun buyback program at the Department of Health Parking Lot on Punchbowl Street, Saturday, Oct. 21.
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Foodland gift cards are prepared during a gun buyback program at the Department of Health Parking Lot on Punchbowl Street, Saturday, Oct. 21.
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Foodland gift cards are prepared during a gun buyback program at the Department of Health Parking Lot on Punchbowl Street, Saturday, Oct. 21.

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