Pompano Beach gun buyback event could fetch participants up to $150
A Broward Sheriff’s Office drive-through gun buyback program scheduled for Saturday in Pompano Beach has the potential to earn $150 in gift cards for those who bring in weapons, officials said.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the City of Pompano Beach, said the event, which takes place from 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the E. Pat Larkins Center at 520 Martin Luther King Blvd., is designed to collect and keep unwanted firearms off the street.
Assault rifles or weapons (magazine or belt fed) are worth $150, semi-automatic pistols (.45 caliber, .50 caliber and above, and FN 5.7) and shotguns or long rifles (bolt action operated FN 5.7 and .50 caliber) are worth $100, revolvers and semi-automatic pistols are worth $75, and small-caliber pistols and rifles are worth $25.
Anyone who wants to turn in a gun can do so without questions asked, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Traditional and non-traditional guns (pellet guns, etc.) will be destroyed.
People who bring firearms are asked to abide by the rules, which means no ammunition, bring the firearms unloaded and in a secure bag placed in your trunk, and have the cylinder or action open.
