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Uploaded: Thursday, February 21, 2013, 8:47 AM
Updated: Saturday, February 23, 2013, 8:53 AM
Today: Three cities hold gun buyback
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Three Peninsula cities are preparing for an anonymous gun buyback in East Palo Alto on Saturday, Feb. 23. Police agencies from East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Palo Alto are sponsoring the gun-purchase event, which will take place in the parking lot of East Palo Alto City Hall between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Local residents will be paid $100 for a handgun, $200 for a rifle or shotgun, and $300 for an assault weapon, according to organizers of the event.
Guns will be accepted anonymously with no questions asked, organizers said. No names or license plates will be recorded and the guns will be marked for destruction.
Officers asked participants to transport firearms unloaded in the trunks of their cars.
East Palo Alto Police Chief Ron Davis said in a statement that the buyback is part of Operation SMART, or Strategic Multi-Agency Response Team, a multi-jurisdiction effort launched in 2011 to combat a local spike in gang-related violence.
"This multi-agency gun buyback event provides residents a safe venue to remove unwanted firearms from our community," Davis said.
Police chiefs from East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Palo Alto will join representatives from local nonprofit Protect Our Children for a news conference following the event at 2:30 p.m.
The buyback will be held at East Palo Alto City Hall, located at 2415 University Ave.
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Posted by Brad, a resident of the Atherton: West Atherton neighborhood, on Feb 21, 2013 at 12:54 pm Pennies on the dollar are paid to these citizens. Unwanted firearms can be sold at a gun dealier on consignment and get the fair market value. I wonder how many antique and curio firearms actually make it to the 'destryoer' department. Since no questions are asked, how will the Feds who keep a record of every legal firearm sale know it was destroyed? If gang violence wants to be curbed, enforce over crowding, put more policy on patrol instead of incident management.
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Posted by John, a resident of the Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks neighborhood, on Feb 22, 2013 at 3:20 pm Well, said, Brad. If you really are interested in getting rid of firearm, check out Calguns. There is a active wanted section on that website. Fair, market prices.
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