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NYPD Offering $200 Prepaid Cards, iPads At Gun Exchange On Staten Island

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Gun violence continues in New York City, and the NYPD is doing all it can to stop it.

Thursday, police tweeted they'll pay cash for weapons, no questions asked, at a gun exchange on Staten Island this weekend.

The department will give out $200 in prepaid cards and iPads for handguns and assault rifles.

Rifle, shotgun and airgun owners can get $25 for each item turned in.

The gun exchange will take place from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday at Mount Sinai United Christian Church.

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