Deputies accumulate practically 200 firearms at Lemon Grove gun buyback occasion

LEMON GROVE, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — The San Diego County Sheriff’s Division (SDSO) held a gun buyback and gun security occasion in Lemon Grove Saturday morning, which resulted in practically 200 undesirable weapons being collected.

There have been 184 firearms turned in on the occasion at First Baptist Church of Lemon Grove, SDSO mentioned in an replace Saturday afternoon.

$100 reward playing cards got out for handguns, rifles and shotguns; $200 reward playing cards got out for assault weapons and ghost weapons.

At these gun buyback occasions, no questions are requested and anybody delivering weapons can stay nameless. Nevertheless, all weapons turned in are processed and any firearm that’s discovered to be stolen or concerned in a criminal offense can be investigated additional, based on SDSO.

All collected weapons can be destroyed.

Free cable locks and gun security lock packing containers have been additionally given out on the occasion.

In December, practically 300 firearms have been turned in at a gun buyback occasion in Vista. Go to sdsheriff.gov/group/firearms-disposal for data on how one can correctly get rid of undesirable firearms outdoors of buyback occasions.