Chaka Fattah, as he announced that his "groceries for guns" programs have collected more than 1,061 firearms yesterday, mentioned something else: A tipline that he started with the Citizens' Crime Commission paid a $1,000 reward for an anonymous tip that led to the arrest and seizure of a 41-year-old ex-felon with four firearms -- including an AK 47.
Fattah is doing the "groceries for guns" effort with City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown and a coalition of community groups.
In the groceries for guns program, anyone who turns in a weapon -- no questions asked -- will get $200 in vouchers for groceries. The next exchange will occur in about a month, "in a neighborhood east of Broad Street," the Congressman said in a press release.