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County supervisor outlines Nov. 8 gun buyback and incentives at Placentia council meeting
Summary
Orange County Supervisor Doug Chaffee told the Placentia City Council the county will host a gun buyback Nov. 8 in Garden Grove offering $100 gift cards for operable firearms and $300 for assault weapons as defined by California law, and described logistics and past results (757 weapons collected in earlier events).
Orange County Supervisor Doug Chaffee briefed the Placentia City Council on the county’s third gun buyback program and encouraged collaboration with local police departments.
Chaffee said the upcoming event will be Saturday, Nov. 8, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in a large parking area adjacent to the Garden Grove Community Center. The buyback will be anonymous; participants will place firearms in vehicle trunks and officers will remove them. Chaffee said operable firearms will be exchanged for $100 in gift cards and firearms that meet the state’s definition of an assault weapon will receive $300 in gift cards. "Any operable firearm like a handgun, shotgun, that kind of thing will give you a $100 in gift cards. So if you have an assault weapon as defined by the California code, we'll give you $300 with the gift cards," he said.
Chaffee described prior county buybacks as successful: he said two previous events removed 757 weapons from circulation, including 53 assault weapons. He explained the county will provide gift cards (food, gasoline and some Costco cards) on a first-come, first-served basis and will offer gun locks and a mail-order program for free gun locks through the county website.
Chaffee said the program is not aimed at removing lawful ownership per se but at collecting unwanted firearms and reducing the risk of theft and misuse. He asked jurisdictions to provide officers to staff the event and offered to defray associated expenses, including salary costs.
Authorities and next steps: the presentation referenced the California code definition for assault weapons as the basis for the $300 category; no formal council action was taken on the presentation.
Quote: "The program is totally anonymous. People can turn in their weapons and we're gonna get them a gift card," Chaffee said.
What’s next: no council vote was required; Chaffee encouraged municipal staff to coordinate officer participation and logistics.
