Nearly 400 firearms were collected Saturday at a gun buyback event in South San Francisco sponsored by numerous government and law enforcement agencies.
A spokesman for the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department said Saturday that hundreds of people turned in guns — no questions asked — and received $100 in cash for handguns, shotguns and rifles and $200 in cash for assault weapons and so-called “ghost weapons.” had.
The event, presented by San Mateo County, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department, the South San Francisco and San Bruno Police Departments, and Citizens for San Mateo County Gun Buyback, hosted the South San Francisco Anonymous Gun Buyback Event.
A total of 392 firearms were collected, including seven assault weapons and 12 “ghost guns”, the latter of which cannot be traced.
Another weapon buyback event is planned for later this year.
