Nearly 50 firearms and two bazookas were collected at a unique gun buyback event held at Richmond Civic Center Plaza on Saturday. Most of the firearms turned in for cash and gift cards were pistols, while others were rifles, shotguns and assault weapons, Richmond police Lt. Felix Tan said. Two green bazooka-style tubes that were…
When Pati Poblete’s 23-year-old son, Robby, was killed during an attempted robbery in 2014 by a gun that had been illegally obtained and resold on the street, she used her strongest weapon—her voice—to heal herself and others who suffer from gun violence or other loss. “I wrote Robby a letter every day for a year…
A local organization is doing what it can to keep guns off the streets and turn them into something useful. For the fifth year, Future Successors is asking people to bring their unwanted guns to Antioch Baptist Church this Saturday in exchange for a $50 gift card at their Annual Gun Buy Back Day. No…