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(2,117 posts)Updated: 02/13/2013 12:08:09 PM PST
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_22582477/santa-clara-county-announces-gun-buy-back-event?source=rss
Santa Clara County officials on Wednesday announced the county will host an anonymous gun buyback program for the public to voluntarily turn in firearms for cash on March 2.
The event -- funded with $160,000 from the county budget, including $10,000 from the District Attorney's office -- will be held at the County Fairgrounds, where organizers hope to collect handguns, shotguns, rifles and assault weapons.
The program is an initiative of Ken Yeager, president of the county board of supervisors, in partnership with Sheriff Laurie Smith and District Attorney Jeff Rosen.
"An anonymous buyback program will allow anyone to turn in a firearm with no questions asked, getting unwanted, potentially dangerous weapons out of homes,'' Yeager said at a mid-morning news conference.
"Even a gun that is never used, left dusty in the back of a closet, could accidentally fall into the hands of a child or be stolen by those intent on using that gun for crime,'' he said.
Yeager said he believes the event could be "the biggest buyback event in the Bay Area.''
The county will offer $100 for hand guns, shotguns, and rifles and $200 for assault weapons.
The buyback follows others held recently in San Francisco, Oakland and Marin County. So many firearms were traded in for cash last month in Marin County that official ran out of money and handed out vouchers instead. More than 800 guns were collected that one day.
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