One Year Ago Today (May 8, 2022)…A total of 365 guns were collected during a buyback event in Lynwood sponsored by Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn’s office, officials said.
They ranged from handguns and pistols to semi-automatic and automatic assault rifles.
“This was a success,” Hahn said in a statement late Saturday. “There are 365 fewer guns that can be used in a violent crime or a tragic accident in our communities. I am grateful to everyone who came out Sunday and turned in a weapon. It was the right thing to do and your families and your community are safer because of it.”
The event was held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of the Metro Park and Ride in Lynwood in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Participants were able to surrender firearms — functional or non-functional — with no questions asked and in return receive gift cards of up to $300 for merchants including Food4Less, Amazon, Superior Market, and North Gate Gonzalez Market.
The collected weapons will be destroyed.
A similar gun buyback program was conducted at five locations across Los Angeles in March that received 17 assault weapons and 250 other firearms, including 15 ghost guns.