HUDSON – A total of 45 firearms were turned in to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office during last week’s gun buyback event conducted by the sheriff’s office and the state attorney general.
AG Letitia James has been conducting similar events around the Hudson Valley and across the state as a means of taking guns off the streets. So far during her tenure, more than 3,700 firearms have been taken out of circulation statewide.
“Getting guns off the streets and out of communities is a common-sense way to help protect New Yorkers from gun violence and save lives,” she said. “Through our partnership with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, we successfully removed 45 guns from the City of Hudson and the surrounding communities.”
James said public safety “will always be our top priority, and my office will continue to leave no stone unturned in keeping New Yorkers safe.”
