The first gun buyback program held in St. Louis in nearly a decade offered $100 for handguns, $150 for shotguns and rifles, and $200 for assault-style rifles. It’s just one of the methods St. Louis city police are using to curb gun violence.
At Wednesday night’s forum, demonstrators held up banners and, at one point, projected a video of police appearing to pepper-spray and arrest protesters Sunday night.