The Houston, Texas police main is declaring the city's gun buyback program hosted on July 30 a achievements.

People could exchange their guns for reward cards at the party, which was hosted at Wheeler Ave. Baptist Church, in accordance to FOX 26.

Sylvester Turner, the mayor of Houston, mentioned that 845 guns ended up collected at the function, including that close to $100,000 in reward playing cards were being offered.

Houston Police Main Troy Finner mentioned the event was a results.

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Citizens could trade their guns for present playing cards at the celebration, which was hosted at Wheeler Ave. Baptist Church, in accordance to FOX 26. (Houston Law enforcement Section)

"I am so proud of our town," Finner reported. "People today can say what they want, but time and yet again, Houstonians phase up with typical feeling and enjoy. I thank all the gentlemen and ladies in uniform and the volunteers who manufactured this working day successful. I realized there would be a large amount of individuals, but even I did not imagine there would be this lots of persons the initial time."

Residents of Houston could go by the buyback system with no-inquiries-questioned, though the Houston Police Department would decide if it was stolen or used in a crime, in accordance to the report.

The law enforcement department will then "destroy all guns that cannot be returned to their rightful proprietors or not considered proof in a criminal offense."

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Residents could exchange their guns for gift cards at the celebration, which was hosted at Wheeler Ave. Baptist Church, according to FOX 26. (Houston Police Section)

Turner reported that he did not know what to at first be expecting from the program.

"We utilised finest practices to prepare and maintain present-day party. I did not know what to anticipate, and the turnout was too much to handle," Mayor Sylvester Turner stated. "The turnout demonstrates there are too several guns on our streets, and people today want to get them out of their possession. The gun buyback is not the only option, but we can and will make our streets safer and enable lessen gun violence."