MIAMI (CBSMiami) – If you have a gun you want to offload, and think a gift certificate could really come in handy this holiday season, Saturday is your chance to do just that.
In an effort to reduce gun violence and unnecessary injuries during the holiday season, Mayor Tomas Regalado and the Miami Police Department are hosting this year’s Holiday Gun Buy Back Operation Saturday.
Those interested can drop off any firearm—no questions asked—from 10 AM to 2 PM at Jordan Grove Baptist Church at 5946 NW 12 Avenue.
In exchange for the gun, a gift certificate provided by sponsors and partners of the event will be given.
“It is necessary to try to remove as many illegal, unwanted, and unattended guns as possible from our streets to ensure our citizens’ safety,” stated Mayor Regalado in a press release. “We hope that the Holiday Gun Buy Back will be as successful as our previous gun buy backs.”
In a stand against gun violence, 9-year-old Dontrell Darling, who was wounded by a bullet when his home was riddled with bullets back in November, is expected to attend the event.
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