ABC7 News was in SOMA yesterday morning as the SFPD and the group United Playaz staffed a gun buy back event.
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Police say 244 guns were collected at the event.
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That included seven assault rifles, 45 shotguns-five of which were homemade -- 51 rifles and the rest were revolvers and semi-automatic pistols.
It's the latest gun buyback event for the department and United Playaz in their effort to make the streets safer.
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"Homicides in San Francisco have went down and the chief shared with me that he believes and I believe that it has to do with these gun buybacks that have happened," Rudy Corpuz Jr. with United Playaz said.
Those who brought in weapons received $100 for a handgun and $200 for an assault weapon.