On December 15 , 2012 , the day after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown , Connecticut , an anonymous donor funded gun buyback events in Oakland and San Francisco , California . Hundreds of area residents received $ 200 cash for each firearm sold , " no questions asked . " The guns were to be destroyed . A mile-long line of cars lined up into the East Oakland church parking lot that served as that community 's exchange location , prompting the private donor to double his contribution
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
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