New Jersey gun buyback in Morris County is this weekend

Morris County legislation enforcement officers, in partnership with the state Legal professional Normal’s Workplace, will maintain two gun buyback occasions this weekend to assist scale back gun violence.

“Each gun we are going to acquire represents a gun taken off the streets. That is all about security in our communities,” mentioned Morris County Sheriff James Gannon. “I applaud our companions on the state, county and native ranges for serving to guarantee a profitable program.”

Weapons will be turned in 9 a.m. to five p.m. on Saturday on the Budd Lake Fireplace Division on Route 46 and Sunday on the Parsippany Police Athletic League constructing.

New Jersey residents might deliver firearms wrapped in plastic or in a field to both location for assortment by cops. In trade, they may obtain as a lot as $300 per weapon, distributed on a first-come, first-served foundation, for as much as three weapons.

This system doesn’t require these delivering weapons to reveal their names or different private info.

The state Legal professional Normal’s Workplace, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Workplace, the Morris County Sheriff’s CrimeStoppers, the Board of County Commissioners and the Mount Olive and Parsippany police departments have organized the occasions.

“Lowering gun violence in our communities is paramount, and gun buybacks are an important means for eradicating firearms from circulation earlier than they can be utilized to take a life,” mentioned state appearing Legal professional Normal Matt Platkin. “We proudly assist counties and native legislation enforcement in buyback efforts that advance our shared purpose of bringing an finish to gun violence and restoring peace to communities throughout New Jersey.”

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This system will obtain $60,000 in funding. The cash will embody $20,000 every from the prosecutor and commissioners utilizing funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. An extra $10,000 will come from the county CrimeStoppers and the New Jersey Legal professional Normal’s Workplace.

Final fall, a gun buyback occasion throughout 9 New Jersey counties yielded greater than 2,800 firearms. The latest program in Morris County, held in March 2013, paid out $49,550 for 600 weapons

For extra info, contact Meghan Knab, Morris County Prosecutor’s Workplace public info officer, at mknab@co.morris.nj.us or by telephone at 973-829-8159.