After Florida rampage, some owners are destroying their guns
By LISA MARIE PANE, Associated Press
Published: February 26, 2018, 1:46pm
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In this Feb. 16, 2018, photo provided by Ben Dickmann, a deputy at the Broward County sheriff's office in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., processes paperwork to take possession of and destroy Dickmann's AR-style firearm. Dickmann decided to turn in his weapon after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in nearby Parkland, Fla. (Ben Dickmann via AP)
ATLANTA — One man in upstate New York sawed his AR-15 rifle into pieces and posted a video of it on Facebook. A woman in Connecticut did the same with her handgun. Not far from scene of the Florida high school shooting, another man brought his assault weapon to police and asked them to destroy it.
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