I had imagined that the Seattle Police gun buyback event would draw a large crowd. Just not one comprised of private gun buyers that would line the streets and blocks near the parking lot under I-5 on James Street in downtown Seattle.

The idea behind the location was that people could easily exit I-5 to exchange guns for Amazon gift cards. By 8:30 a.m. traffic had already started to back up.

Morning went on and more and more gun buyers and sellers, carrying assault rifles on their shoulders and even carrying handguns in plastic bags, immerged. Most of these people in line to turn in their guns did not want to be photographed.

Seattle Police ended up getting over 700 guns, all sorted and cataloged, including a missile launcher tube. The missile launcher was actually sold near the gun buyback within the view of an officer.