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Mayor and community groups urge residents to turn in guns at United Players buyback
Summary
At a press event Dec. 11, United Players and Mayor London Breed announced a no-questions-asked gun buyback (1038 Howard St., Saturday 8 a.m.–noon), praised prior collections and urged Bay Area residents to participate to reduce gun violence.
Community leaders, elected officials and the mayor urged San Franciscans on Dec. 11 to participate in United Players— gun buyback to remove firearms from the streets.
United Players organizers described the buyback as expanding regionally this year and said past events collected hundreds of firearms. An organizer said, "We had got 244 guns in our last gun buyback. 25 of them were assault rifles," and described partner efforts to dismantle and repurpose firearms.
Mayor London Breed, speaking at the event, urged residents to use the no-questions-asked turn-in scheduled for Saturday at 1038 Howard Street from 8 a.m. to noon and said the local effort complements other prevention and community-support work to reduce gun violence. "Here's an opportunity on Saturday, December. No questions asked to turn in your guns... to make sure that a child doesn't get a hold of that gun and accidentally shoot themselves or another child," Breed said.
Senator Scott Wiener and other elected officials spoke in support of neighborhood-level initiatives that target gun availability and community safety. Organizers asked media and social channels to publicize the event and thanked SFPD and community partners helping to process collected firearms.
