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A San Mateo County gun buyback event over the weekend yielded nearly 300 firearms, as well as a record number of turned-over assault rifles in the program’s six-year history, the Sheriff’s Office said.
A total of 297 guns were turned in Saturday, May 4, including 24 assault weapons, four ghost guns, and a machine gun. The event took place in South San Francisco.
“The turnout for Saturday’s anonymous gun buyback speaks to the importance of events like this which provide community members with an avenue to remove unwanted firearms from their homes, ultimately creating a safer San Mateo County,” Sheriff Christina Corpus said Monday, May 6.
Residents were paid between $50 and $200 depending on the firearm, all of which will be destroyed.
The Sheriff’s Office and its partners — the County of San Mateo, Citizens for San Mateo County Gun Buyback, the Colma Police Department, the Daly City Police Department, the San Bruno Police Department and the South San Francisco Police Department — plan to host another gun buyback in 2024 at an as-yet unspecified date.
