Politics & Government
More Than 400 Guns Collected In Santa Clara County Gun Buyback
County officials offered up to $100 for handguns, rifles and shotguns and up to $200 for ghost guns and assault weapons.
![Some of the more than 400 guns purchased by Santa Clara County officials Sunday, May 22, 2022, in a gun buyback program.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/23735253/20220524/010900/styles/patch_image/public/bcn-20220524-gun-buyback___24130844264.jpg)
By Bay City News
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — More than 400 guns were purchased Sunday in Milpitas in a buyback program offered by Santa Clara County.
County officials offered up to $100 for handguns, rifles and shotguns and up to $200 for ghost guns and assault weapons. They also offered free gun locks at the event, held at the Milpitas Community Center.
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The event was a collaborative effort by Supervisor Otto Lee, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office, Milpitas Police Department and city of Milpitas, and included law enforcement support from the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office, and the police departments of San Jose, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto and Los Gatos.
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