Editor's Note:
The Ministry of Public Security had over 140,000 illegal guns and explosives destroyed in China as part of a crackdown on gun-related crime on September 20, 2018. The ministry set up one main venue in Chongqing, five central venues in Heilongjiang’s Qiqihar, Jiangsu’s Nanjing, Hubei’s Wuhan, Guangdong’s Guangzhou and Yunnan’s Kunming, and 140 other venues to destroy the illegal guns and explosives seized by police from 146 cities across China. (Photos: VCG)
Police officers from the Shaanxi public security organs stand after arranging seized guns and explosives in a tray bound for the smelting furnace at a factory in Tongchuan on September 20, 2018. Photo: Zhang Xin 
Police officers from the Shaanxi public security 0rgans put seized guns and explosives into the smelting furnace at a factory in Tongchuan on September 20, 2018. Photo: Zhang Xin 
Guns and explosives seized by police are displayed during the crackdown event organized by the Henan public security organs in Zhengzhou on September 20, 2018. Photo: VCG 
The seized guns and explosives?are displayed during the event organized by the Liaoning public security organs in Shenyang on September 20, 2018. Photo: VCG 
Seized guns and explosives?are displayed during the gun-related crime crackdown event organized by the Chongqing public security organs on September 20, 2018. Photo: Chen Chao/VCG 
A police officer from the Dalian collects the seized guns and explosives to be destroyed on September 20, 2018. Photo: VCG 
The seized guns and explosives?are displayed during the event organized by the Jiangsu public security organs in Nanjing on September 20, 2018. Photo: VCG
