Rockland Offers Another Community Gun Buyback Program

By M. C. Millman

Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco and local law enforcement agencies have initiated another Community Gun Buyback program to help stop the violence.

The gun buyback program is sponsored by the Rockland County Sheriff's Office in partnership with the Orangetown Police Department, the New York State Police, the Rockland County District Attorneys Office, and all local law enforcement agencies. It is an anonymous program, with no questions asked and no identification required. It will be held in South Nyack on Thursday, September 27, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Orangetown Municipal Building at 65 Brookside Avenue. 

Firearms transported to the buyback event should be unloaded and brought in the vehicle's trunk.

Those who turn in an antique or non-working gun will be awarded a twenty-five-dollar pre-paid gift card. A rifle or shotgun will earn a seventy-five dollar gift card. Turning in a handgun will earn a one hundred and fifty dollar gift card. An assault rifle will earn a two hundred and fifty dollar gift card.

"To think that criminals are going to hand in their guns for a little bit of money is foolish," Tzi Waldman, founder of NYS Jewish Gun Club, shared with Rockland Daily right before the last gun buyback event that took place on December 11, 2022. "This is just an event that makes them feel good and makes people think it's going to help the gun violence problem. At the end of the day, a criminal who has a gun and wants to conduct illegal activities with it will not just hand it in. I can think of better ways for the government to spend money if they're really interested in fighting crime and stopping gun violence. "

Photo Credit: Ramapo Police Department