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Hundreds of guns collected at East Palo Alto buyback

Original post made on Feb 25, 2013

It took less than three hours Saturday, Feb. 23, to collect 355 firearms at a three-city gun buyback event in East Palo Alto, the first private/public buyback of its kind on the Midpeninsula. The event was so popular, the organizers ran out of funds.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, February 25, 2013, 9:51 AM

Comments (2)

Posted by Karen
a resident of Blossom Valley
on Feb 25, 2013 at 2:25 pm

It seems to me if this many people want to turn in their guns, we should find a way to take care of it. Getting guns off the streets/out of homes is a win all around.


Posted by Jose
a resident of St. Francis Acres
on Feb 25, 2013 at 3:27 pm

They should do a gun buy forward. I'd be up for buying some of those guns myself.


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