Description
Led by Cambridge’s interfaith-based organizations, the Cambridge non-profit community and regional partners are proactively teaming up and hosting the 3rd annual citywide “Safer Homes, Safer Community: Cambridge Gun Buy-Back” initiative on Saturday, June 10 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
This public health and public safety event will provide residents with an opportunity to anonymously and safely dispose of their unwanted firearms and, in turn, reduce the potential for an accidental discharge or wrongdoing in a home.
Drop-off locations will provide a safe, convenient way for participants to drop off unwanted guns with no questions asked and no ID required. The drop-off locations are:
Reservoir Church
170 Rindge Ave, Cambridge
Drop-off: Parking lot in front of the church, which can be accessed by Middlesex
Pentecostal Tabernacle
77 Columbia Street (near Central Square)
Drop off: Church parking lot
Cambridge Police and the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office will be managing both sites and handling the guns turned in, and the State Police will destroy the guns. For added convenience, the Cambridge Police will be available to pick-up firearms at a Cambridge residence, if interested participants are not able or have concerns about physically dropping off unwanted firearms. To schedule a pickup, please call 617-349-3300.
As an incentive to participate, residents will be awarded gift cards for each firearm they turn into public safety officers on the day of the event. The values range depending on the firearm type:
$200 gift card Assault Weapon
$100 gift card Revolver, Handgun, Semi-Automatic, Shotgun, Rifle
$50 gift card BB Gun, Pellet Gun, Ammunition
Children who turn in any toy guys will be eligible to receive a $5 ice cream gift card.
For those who cannot attend the event, gift cards will be honored if pickups are scheduled during the week leading up to June 10th event.