Danbury Gun Buyback Results in 68 Firearms Being Turned In

According to a release from the City of Danbury, a recent gun buyback event resulted in 68 firearms being voluntarily turned over by members of the community.

The city says the total included 46 rifles and 22 handguns. While the event may not sound like the biggest thing happening in Danbury, getting that many unwanted firearms out of circulation is certainly worth noting.

Gun buyback programs give residents a way to get rid of firearms they no longer want or need without having to figure out what to do with them on their own. The goal is to make the process safe and straightforward while reducing the possibility of unwanted guns ending up in the wrong hands.

The City of Danbury also took the opportunity to thank everyone who participated in the event. Officials say programs like this are an important part of the community's efforts to promote safety and provide residents with responsible options for disposing of unwanted firearms.

In total, 68 guns were surrendered during this particular event, including dozens of rifles and handguns. The city says opportunities like this can help remove firearms from situations where they could potentially create a danger down the road.

It is also a good reminder that when it comes to community safety, sometimes the smaller local programs can make a difference. For the people who participated, it was simply an opportunity to safely turn in a firearm they no longer wanted. For the city, it was 68 fewer firearms that could potentially fall into the wrong hands.

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In 1970, Two Men Robbed a Danbury Bank + Blew Up the Police Station

The story of the Pardue brothers, their connection to Danbury and what happened in the Hat City in February of 1970 came to us from Mike Allen. Every Tuesday Mike joins the Ethan and Lou Show on I-95 for a feature called "The Place You Live" and this week it was a local story unlike any I'd ever heard.

John Pardue was a 27-year-old man in 1970 who lived in Danbury, his brother James was 23, and living in Lusby, MD. Before the story finds its way to the Hat City, and the brothers rob the Union Savings Bank on Main Street, they had already racked up quite the list of astonishing crimes.

Prior to Danbury, they robbed banks in Lewisboro, NY, Georgetown, CT and Union, MO. They also killed their father, their grandmother, two other men who helped them pull off the robbery in Georgetown, CT and had, at minimum, a role in the death of an innocent Bridgeport man that they stole a car from. John and James Pardue were hardened criminals before their Danbury bank robbery.

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