Firearms drive nets hundreds of guns

SAN FRANCISCO - Almost 280 firearms were handed over in a guns-for-cash campaign on Saturday, the event's organizer said via its official Twitter account.

The annual Gun Buy Back campaign, sponsored by San Francisco-based violence prevention group United Playaz, encouraged people to bring in their firearms in exchange for money, in a show of their support for efforts to oppose gun-related violence.

By the end of the event, the organizer tweeted that it has received 271 firearms, including five automatic weapons, an AD automatic rifle and a cannonball.