Reminder: Gun Buyback In Monmouth Friday, Saturday
State-run buyback program collection will be held in Keansburg and Asbury Park
A state-run gun buyback program, the fourth in a series, is scheduled for Friday and Saturday in two Monmouth County locations.
The program, which will pay up to $250 for each weapon, is being held by the state Attorney General's office in conjunction with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, the Asbury Park Police Department, the Keansburg Police Department, the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office, and local faith-based community organizations.
Monmouth County residents can bring their unloaded guns on Friday to a public building at 179 Carr Avenue near the Saint Ann Catholic Church in Keansburg, or to the Shiloh Community Fellowship Ministry at 142 Dewitt Ave. in Asbury Park, according to a release from the Attorney General's Office.
On Saturday, the buyback will take place at Saint Ann Catholic Church in Keansburg, 267 Carr Ave., and again at Shiloh Community Fellowship Church in Asbury Park. The locations will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., the release says.
Police officers will be stationed at the two churches to collect and secure the guns, the release says.
For more information, call the Attorney General’s Citizen Services unit at (609) 984-5828 or visit www.nj.gov/guns.
Gary Parent
7:56 am on Thursday, March 7, 2013
I think the gun buyback program is a great way to get guns off the streets. They should have these set up all the time, so the perps would turn in their hand gun instead of robbing a convenience store.
Jon Boody
8:08 am on Thursday, March 7, 2013
So, why do you think a perp would willingly turn in a perfectly good gun? Do you suppose they think "Hey, I can get $250 for my gun! Now I can finally stop being a criminal and become a legitimate law-abiding part of my community!"