BUYBACK PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN SKS SPORTER RIFLES TO END FRIDAY.Byline: Cecilia Chan Staff Writer Owners of SKS SKS Szkolny Klub Sportowy (Polish: School Sports Club) SKS Some Kind Soul SKS Samozariadnyia Karabina Simonova (Russian military carbine) SKS Vojens Lufthavn, Denmark - Jojens sporter rifles have until Friday to turn in their weapons, which will become illegal in the new year. In return for handing over their rifles to a law-enforcement agency or a licensed gun dealer, gun owners will receive a $230 voucher A receipt or release which provides evidence of payment or other discharge of a debt, often for purposes of reimbursement, or attests to the accuracy of the accounts. that can be redeemed through the State Department of Justice. ``We got 14 rifles that were turned in,'' said Eric Nishimoto, spokesman for the Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD) provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, USA, as well as several cities within the county. The cities that VCSD serves are Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, and Thousand Oaks. . ``As of Jan. 1, they become illegal. ``Some sporters are still legal, and some aren't,'' Nishimoto said. ``What people have to do if they have questions at all is to bring them in, unloaded, and we will take a look at them and determine which is legal or not.'' Gun owners also will have to show proof they purchased their weapons legally, he said. He said the department hadn't expected that many guns to be turned in because previous buy-back programs didn't fare well. ``If they do turn them in, in the past it seems they turned them in to a licensed gun dealer or did not turn them in at all,'' Nishimoto said. So far, the Simi Valley Police Department The Simi Valley Police Department (SVPD) is the police department of the city of Simi Valley, California. The department currently has over 120 sworn officers, and more than 65 support personnel[1]. The department has a patrol area that covers over 39 square miles. has received about 10 SKS rifles, said Lt. Neal Rein. ``We didn't get people coming in until maybe two months ago,'' Rein said, ``but as New Year's Eve approaches, they are starting to come in a little more often.'' Rein said the Russian-designed rifles are often used for target practice. But, like any assault weapon, it's designed to kill people. ``The Legislature decided that they would, in an effort to get them off the street, . . . give people an opportunity to turn them in and pay them money for the gun,'' he said. Rein said there is no way of knowing how many of these types of military rifles are in the city of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. , with a population of 110,000. ``I would say getting any of them off the street is significant,'' he said. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how many weapons are here, but more that can be turned in, that is fewer out and about.'' For those who skirt the law and are caught, their rifle will be confiscated con·fis·cate tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. , and they will face prosecution. |
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