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Local Church Receives Guns, Gives To Law Enforcement

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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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by Alyssa Spirato   It's a push to get guns off of Chattanooga's streets and out of the hands of gang members.But what's different is-- city officials aren't trying to do the good deed.Applause and the tears of many filled the sanctuary of Olivet Baptist Church Sunday morning.Sitting in a table near the altar, bags and boxes of ammunition-- and a table full of guns. Pastor Kevin Adams says it all started with one phone call..It was someone he still doesn't know, saying they want to give up their guns and start making a difference."For them to initiate and to come forth and say 'look, we got some guns, we want to give em up, almost 10 guns, we gotta give em up and we got more that we're willing to give up, I think is just a win,'" says Adams.A win that he hopes will result in an example for many others too afraid to do the same."That's a seed that I think is going to begin to bring forth a harvest of other young people that are going to say, 'look what those guys did. They took their guns, they put forth their guns, let us put ours down,'" says Adams.Those guns are now in the hands of Chattanooga's law enforcement,  who picked up the guns after Sunday service. As as for city officials like  Boyd Patterson with the Gang Task Force, he hopes other churches like Olivet Baptist Church will follow suit."In light of what's been going on in the last few weeks here in Chattanooga, shooting after shooting, homicide after homicide, what it says is that these kids can be reached," says Patterson."What we do know is no young man, no young woman will be shot with those guns. Those bullets won't go into the body of any young people, older people, or any human being," says Adams.Pastor Kevin Adams tells us he knows this is the only the beginning to try and combat a growing problem.. He says it's people like the anonymous donors who truly make an impact on other people's lives, without even realizing it.

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