新澤西政府從市民手中回收千餘槍支(圖）

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The astonishing arsenal of guns handed in by people living in America's deadliest city - just hours after Sandy Hook massacre

Massive response attributed to Friday's killings in Newtown, Connecticut
Those who showed up at Camden, New Jersey program were given up to $250 per weapon sold
Camden is known as one of the most violent American city, with a staggering murder and violent crime rate

By Associated Press, Daily Mail Reporter and James Nye

PUBLISHED: 18:53 EST, 18 December 2012 | UPDATED: 12:11 EST, 19 December 2012

Deeply affected by the massacre at Sandy Hook, gun owners in Camden, New Jersey, America's deadliest town, turned in a record number of weapons in a buy back scheme over the weekend.

1,137 firearms including an elephant-gun were handed in on Friday and Saturday at two churches in the crime-plagued town as the ramifications of the mass child killings in Connecticut seemed to inspire residents to give up their arms.

'We heard that there were a number of gun owners on Saturday who had publicly said, in light of the situation that had just occurred in Connecticut, they wanted to turn in their weapons,' Paul Loriquet, a spokesman for the Camden police, said in an interview with Philly.Com

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Record gun collection: Impacted by the carnage in Sandy Hook, residents of Camden, New Jersey, turned in a huge amount of weapons in a gun buyback program over the weekend

Loaded: Among the weapons collected were scores of rifles, shotguns and pistols, sawed-off shotguns, a century-old antique weapon, a rifle used for hunting elephants and five fully automatic weapons

Among the weapons handed in were scores of rifles, shotguns and pistols, sawed-off shotguns, a century-old antique weapon, a rifle used for hunting elephants and five fully automatic weapons.

Some 90 per cent were in working condition.