Gun Buyback

Gun Buybacks: Effective & Easy to Replicate

Gun buybacks are a safe and effective tool for removing unwanted firearms from homes and communities. It’s why the Community Foundation of New Jersey has worked with several families across our state to bring gun buyback programs to their hometowns. We facilitate the partnership with local law enforcement, work with the family to set a budget and facilitate funding, and help to spread the word of the buyback to generate interest and then celebrate success.…

Fundholder-Sponsored Buyback Nets 428 Guns

August 4, 2015 For a little over $30,000, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s office purchased 428 unwanted firearms at a two-day Monmouth County gun buyback. Asbury Park and Keansburg were the two locations where individuals could sell their weapons with no questions asked.…

Fundholder Sponsors Monmouth Gun Buyback

July 30, 2015 Gun buyback programs are a safe and effective tool for removing unwanted firearms from homes and communities. Best of all, according to one of our fundholders who is particularly passionate about the issue, they are “above the fray” of politics.…

Monmouth Gun Buyback Nets Over 200 Guns

September 30, 2013 Earlier this year we told you about the anonymous donor who worked with us to sponsor a gun buyback program in his home county of Monmouth.  That article, available here, described how the Community Foundation of New Jersey matched the donor’s $12,500 grant and allowed the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office to hold buybacks in Rumson and Asbury Park.…

CFNJ Congratulates Monmouth Prosecutor on Buyback

September 30, 2013 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today congratulated the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office for the success of last month’s gun buyback program, which paid $15,000 to purchase 218 guns in Rumson and Asbury Park. Five handguns and 126 assault weapons were turned in as a result of the buyback, illustrating the fact that there are unwanted and potentially dangerous guns in every type of community.…

Donor Advised Fund Provides “End of the Line” for Unwanted Firearms

February 6, 2013 According to Federal Bureau of Investigation data recently reported by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, two-thirds (66%) of New Jersey homicides are attributable to gun violence. Given these staggering statistics, the underground sale of illegal guns poses an undeniable threat to police efforts to stem crime in communities across the state.…