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Rifles, including an AK-47, turned in during a gun buyback event at the Bridgeport Police Department's Community Services Division Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 in Bridgeport, Conn. In the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., the city raised $100,000 for the program and will offer up to $200 value for a working handgun, $75 for rifles and higher amounts for assault-type rifles. The buy back will continue every Saturday until the city gives out all of the funds which includes an additional $10,000 in gift cards from the Food Bazaar grocery store.

An Astra .44 Magnum revolver with a 6" barrel turned in during a gun buyback event at the Bridgeport Police Department's Community Services Division Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 in Bridgeport, Conn. In the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., the city raised $100,000 for the program and will offer up to $200 value for a working handgun, $75 for rifles and higher amounts for assault-type rifles. The buy back will continue every Saturday until the city gives out all of the funds which includes an additional $10,000 in gift cards from the Food Bazaar grocery store.

Chris Fumal, of New Milford, watches Officer Pete Garcia log his Intratec TEC-22 semi-automatic handgun during a gun buyback event at the Bridgeport Police Department's Community Services Division Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 in Bridgeport, Conn. In the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., the city raised $100,000 for the program and will offer up to $200 value for a working handgun, $75 for rifles and higher amounts for assault-type rifles. The buy back will continue every Saturday until the city gives out all of the funds which includes an additional $10,000 in gift cards from the Food Bazaar grocery store.

After a horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School nearby, hundreds of area residents gather for a memorial service at St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown, Conn. on Friday December 14, 2012.

Dozens of police stage at the Sandy Hook Fire Department after a horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School nearby in Newtown, Conn. on Friday December 14, 2012.

Memorial for victims from last Friday's shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. on Thursday December 20, 2012.

Mourners leave the funeral for her six year-old son Noah Pozner, killed in the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, at the Abraham L. Green Funeral home in Fairfield on Monday, December 17, 2012.

Mourners leave St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn. Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 following funeral services for Caroline Previdi, one of 20 children killed in a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School last week.

A hearse carrying the remains of Mary Joy Sherlach arrives at St. Stephen Church, in Trumbull, Conn., prior to a funeral mass Dec. 21st, 2012. Sherlach was a school pychologist at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, and died in the mass shooting there last Friday.

The ashes of Mary Joy Sherlach are carried from St. Stephen Church, in Trumbull, Conn., following a funeral mass Dec. 21st, 2012. Sherlach was a school pychologist at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, and died in the mass shooting there last Friday.

Scenes from around Newtown as people stop by to see memorials set up in memory of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims on Christmas Day in Newtown, Conn. on Tuesday December 25, 2012.

Resident Kyle Mangieri watches as people stop by to see memorials set up in memory of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims on Christmas Day in downtown Newtown, Conn. on Tuesday December 25, 2012. Mangieri placed the sheet at right which reads: God Bleass Sandy Hook.

Police collected 40 guns, including this AR-15, in just the first hour of a gun buyback event Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012 at the Bridgeport Police Department's Community Services Division in Bridgeport, Conn. In the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., the city raised $100,000 for the program and will offer up to $200 value for a working handgun, $75 for rifles and higher amounts for assault-type rifles.