Annual #KeepKidsSafe Connecticut Statewide Gun Buyback & Gun Safe Giveaway Day

ANONYMOUS, NO ID REQUIRED

***NO GUN STORE OWNERS PLEASE***

*Gift cards will be exchanged for operable guns (while supplies last)

*Guns must be transported in the trunk of the car

*Non-working guns/black-powder weapons, flare guns, ghost guns,pellet/BB guns, & ammunition/magazine clips are not eligible for gift cards but may be turned in

$25: Single & Double Shot (Derringer-Style) Handguns & Any Type of Black Powder Guns

$50: Rifles & Shotguns

$100: Pistol & Revolver Handguns

$200: Assault Weapons (Per CT Summary of Gun Laws. To Be Determined by Police. No Newly Sawed-Off Shotguns)

The buyback and safe giveaway events will be located in these towns and cities this year:

• DANBURY: Police Department, 375 Main Street (10AM-1PM)

• GUILFORD: Police Department, 400 Church Street (9AM-1PM)

• HARTFORD: Police Department, 50 Jennings Road (9AM-3PM)

• MERIDEN: Police Department 30 Butler Street (10AM-1PM)

• NEWTOWN: Police Department, 191 South Main Street (10AM-1PM)

• NORWALK: Police Department, 1 Monroe Street (10AM-1PM)

• STAMFORD: Police Department, 725 Bedford Street (10AM-1PM)

• WATERBURY: Police Department Training Center, 240 Bank Street (9AM-1PM)

In addition, the following towns will participate in the gun safe giveaway. 

• CHESHIRE: Police Department, 500 Highland Avenue (10AM-1PM)

• NEW BRITAIN: Police Department, 642 Christian Lane Berlin, CT (10AM-1PM)

• NEW HAVEN: CT Violence Intervention Program, 230 Ashmun Street (10AM-1PM)

• NEW LONDON: Police Department, 5 Governor Winthrop Boulevard (10AM-1PM)

• PLAINFIELD: Police Department, 210 Norwich Road (9AM-12PM)

• WATERFORD: Police Department, 41 Avery Lane (10AM-1PM)

Sponsors & Partners for the #KeepKidsSafe Connecticut Gun Buyback & Gun Safe Giveaway Day

Newtown Action Alliance Foundation, Ethan Miller Song Foundation

City of Waterbury, CT Against Gun Violence Education Fund, CT Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, CT Dept of Public Health, CT Violence Intervention Program, Mothers United Against Violence, Project Longevity-Waterbury, Stamford PAL, Waterbury PAL, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford Hospital, Midstate Medical Center, Nuvance/Northwell Health, Saint Francis Hospital, Saint Mary’s Hospital, Stamford Health, The Hospital of Central Connecticut, Waterbury Hospital, Yale New Haven Hospital

Police Departments: Danbury, Cheshire, Guilford, Hartford, Meriden, Newtown, New London, Norwalk, Plainfield, Stamford, Waterbury, Waterford

HISTORY

There are 465 million civilian-owned guns in America. Guns kill over 46,000 Americans and injure thousands more in a single year. Firearms are now the leading cause of death for American children and teens. Gun violence is a public health crisis that requires a comprehensive solution.

A gun-free home is the safest home for children and teens. Studies show having a gun in the home doubles an individual’s risk for homicide and triples the risk of suicide.

The Campaign to Keep Kids Safe (CKKS) was established in 2019 by the Newtown Action Alliance Foundation and the Ethan Miller Song Foundation as an educational program for parents, educators & healthcare professionals to reduce unintentional shootings among children and childhood gun suicides and homicides in America; to provide gun safes to gun owners; and promote community gun buyback opportunities.

CKKS encourages communities to host voluntary gun buyback and biometric gun safe giveaway events to offer an opportunity for gun owners to remove unwanted weapons safely from their homes and communities and help to promote gun safety and safe firearm storage practices.

The gun buyback and gun safe giveaway day is an important community safety initiative that will help gun owners and their family members dispose unwanted and/or unsecured guns to help reduce the risk of homicides, suicides, unintentional shootings, domestic violence, and keep guns from getting into the wrong hands - such as children, individuals who may be facing a mental health crisis, individuals with dementia, perpetrators of domestic violence, and criminals. 

PAST BUYBACK & SAFE GIVEAWAY DAYS

GUNS COLLECTED 2021

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