Taking guns off the street, one at a time

A Chicago police officer in the Gresham District looks over a shotgun and more than a dozen other handguns and rifles as the Rev. Michael Pfleger hosts a gun-turn-in event at St. Sabina Church in Auburn Gresham Monday. | Ashlee Rezin, Chicago Sun-Times (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

One man hobbled in on a cane. Several kept their eyes downcast. Most didn’t want to stay to chat — or even give a name.

They came to St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side Monday with their weapons wrapped in blankets, stuffed in an Aldi grocery bag, zipped into a little black purse.