HOUSTON — The City of Houston is collaborating with the Harris County Precinct One to host another gun buyback event in June.
The event is scheduled for Saturday, June 10 from 8 a.m. to noon at NRG Park, in the Yellow Main Street Lot.
The goal of this event is to get guns off the streets. Guns can be exchanged for a gift card that's worth up to $200. Participating individuals will not be asked any questions about the weapons they turn in, the city said.
"The Gun Buyback program is completely anonymous for the public in keeping with our objective of retrieving as many firearms as possible from Greater Houston residents," the city said in a press release.
Gift card rewards:
- $50 -- non-functioning firearms
- $100 -- shotgun or rifle (hunting)
- $150 -- revolver or semi-automatic handguns
- $200 -- rifle, semi-automatic
The City of Houston has held two gun buybacks events in the past. The first one collected nearly 800 guns and the second one collected more than 1,200.
Harris County Precinct One, the Harris County Sherrif's Office and the City of Houston collaborated on a third gun buyback event earlier this year and collected 793 firearms.