NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The Metro Nashville Police Department teamed up with the Nashville Predators Foundation for a gun buy-back event Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Participants walked away knowing their community is a safer place with fewer unwanted guns around, and they also received a $50 Kroger gift card.
Anyone could go to the Greater Revelations Baptist Church off of Jefferson Street to turn in any unwanted guns. There were no questions asked. There was also a drop box there for people to dispose of any expired medications.
Officials with the Predators hoped to provide a judgment-free space for people to surrender their guns and hoped to make our community a safer place by reducing the amount of gun-related incidents.
“With school back in session, this is no better time for parents, grandparents and guardians to think hard about guns in the home that are unwanted or unsafe that could fall into the hands of kids," said MNPD Chief John Drake.
In similar buyback events over the years, more than 650 firearms have been turned into Metro Police.
After it concluded, the event had claimed a total of 76 firearms in exchange for Kroger gift cards.
Today's Gift Cards for Guns event in partnership with the @PredsFoundation & Greater Revelations Church resulted in 76 firearms, 45 of them pistols, being turned in for Kroger gift cards. This event gave residents an opportunity to exchange unsafe or unwanted guns for gift cards. pic.twitter.com/yt3FCctOb1
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) August 20, 2022
