Gun buybacks remain one of the ways city officials aim to curb gun violence and reduce the number of firearms in communities.

On Saturday, approximately 160 firearms were brought to St. Paul’s Baptist Church in the heart of East New York.

Alan Foster, the assistant commissioner for the NYPD community affairs bureau, says the ability to be anonymous is key.

“The confidentiality actually really does help folks want to bring in the firearms, but also to people in the community want to see these guns off the streets,” he said. “And the way that we're going to continue to drive crime down is by working together with our partners.”

Brooklyn’s District Attorney Eric Gonzalez explains the “no questions asked” policy makes it easy for anyone to drop off a firearm without showing ID or explainin

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