Albuquerque offers cash for guns — ‘no questions asked’

The city wants your guns, and it will pay you for them. The Albuquerque Police Department on Friday announced an upcoming gun buy-back program this summer as part of Mayor Tim Keller’s fight against gun violence. The one-day event will be on Saturday, July 13, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the heart of the International District — at Cesar Chavez Community Center, 7505 Kathryn SE. City Councilor Pat Davis announced he is donating $30,000 from community-enhancement funds to support the event. APD, Albuquerque Metro Crime Stoppers and the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office are partnering for the event, which will offer to buy guns from residents “no questions asked.” Participants will walk away with $75 for handguns, shotguns and rifles and $100 for assault rifles. They are asked to transfer the weapons, which must be operable and unloaded, in the trunk of their vehicle. According to the release, guns collected will be used for an art project addressing gun violence. The project will be designed through a public process determined, in part, by the guns collected...MORE