'Guns for roses' yields 119 weapons: US sheriffInhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. of a South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. county who were invited to trade guns for roses on Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. turned in 191 handguns and rifles, a spokesman for the county sheriff's office said Tuesday. The sheriff's office gave out roses and a gift card for a rifle or roses and two gift cards for a handgun, he said. "We recovered 191 weapons and issued 328, 50 dollars Best Buy gift cards," said Lieutenant Chris Cowan, a sheriff's spokesman. "We recovered handguns, rifles and shotguns This is a list of shotguns. Shotguns fire pellets stored in large shells that are normally loaded into a chamber, one shell at a time. Each shell may contain as many as 200 pellets. . We had a mix of people from young and old, males and females, to all races come to the event. We had people waiting in line before we even started," he said. "We had some brand new guns and some were old, but every single one was still functional and they will all be ballistically tested by our forensic Belonging to courts of justice. forensic 1) adj. from Latin forensis for "belonging to the forum," ancient Rome's site for public debate, and currently meaning pertaining to the courts. analysts," he said. No amnesties were offered, and people turning in weapons had to give their names, he said, calling the Saturday swap a "good event" that raised awareness about gun violence. 
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