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Rachel Baye<\/strong> Montgomery County residents handed over 111 guns, 11 BB guns, 10,000 rounds of ammunition and a grenade at Saturday\u2019s statewide gun turn-in day, according to county police spokeswoman Lucille Baur.<\/p>\n Among the 111 guns were 68 hand guns, 27 rifles \u2013 including at least one AK-47 \u2013 15 shot guns and a tiny pen gun, Baur said. In addition to the guns, police also received a sword and two canisters of tear gas, which were turned in by a former D.C. police officer who told police they left over from riots in 1968.<\/p>\n \u201cA successful day,\u201d Baur said.<\/p>\n Organized by state Attorney General Doug Gansler in coordination with local police departments, the event included 24 stations across the state where residents could anonymously hand over their unwanted firearms and ammunition.<\/p>\n All of the weapons collected will be inspected to see if they have been reported stolen or can be linked to a crime before being destroyed by the police, said David Paulson, spokesman for Gansler.<\/p>\n Full story here.<\/a><\/p>\n <!– <\/p>\n –><\/p>\n This article was posted: Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 4:25 am<\/p>\n Tags: constitution<\/a>, gun rights<\/a><\/p>\n
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