Boston Gun Buyback
Gun buyback nets allies on MySpace:
See, MySpace can be used for good…
The hottest new hit on MySpace.com isn�t a wacko with a manifesto, but a teetotaler Gemini who�s into firearms reduction.
As of early last night, 183 �friends� had linked their MySpace profiles and their moral support to Boston Gun Buyback, a peacekeeping police initiative that so far this month has taken 382 firearms off the city�s streets and put Target gift certificates into the hands of those ready to trade, �No questions asked.�
Authorities said they turned to MySpace �because of its enormous popularity with young people and its force in youth culture.� But to reach the inner circle, they had to fill out an online questionnaire.
Thus, Boston Guy Buyback is a single, 20-year-old female from Boston, whose heroes include slain activist Martin Luther King Jr. and Kai Leigh Harriott, a now 6-year-old Dorchester girl paralyzed by a stray bullet in 2003.
A smoker? No. Boozer? No way. Networking? Sign up here.
�Check it, the Boston Gun Buyback is a good step,� writes �Shikiboo� of Roxbury. �All of those guns . . . could have added up as lives taken instead. Big up to Mayor Menino, Target and all the people who turned in the guns.�
Boston Gun Buyback can be found here.
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