Rockland Offers 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 Ramapo Police Department, Spring Valley Police Department, and the New York State Police in cooperation with the Rockland County District Attorney's Office . It is an anonymous program, with no questions asked and no identification required. It will be held at 245 North Main Street in Spring Valley on Thursday, June 6, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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 a previous gun buyback event. "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