(Bay City News Service) Three Peninsula cities are preparing for an anonymous gun buyback in East Palo Alto on Saturday, police said.
Police agencies from East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Palo Alto are sponsoring the gun purchase event, which will take place in the parking lot of East Palo Alto City Hall between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Local residents will be paid $100 for a handgun, $200 for a rifle or shotgun, and $300 for an assault weapon, according to organizers of the event.
Guns will be accepted anonymously with no questions asked, organizers said. No names or license plates will be recorded and the guns will be marked for destruction.
Officers asked participants to transport firearms unloaded in the trunks of their cars.