Mercer County To Host Gun Buyback Event On Saturday

MERCER COUNTY, NJ — Friendship Baptist Church in Trenton will host a gun buyback event on Saturday, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck announced.

Mercer County is one of several counties participating in what Bruck called the "largest one-day participation gun buyback ever held in New Jersey."

The "Guns for Cash" events will all take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Residents can anonymously turn in their firearms and get paid for up to 3 guns, the Attorney General announced.

Residents can turn in firearms with “no questions asked,” and receive as much as $250 per weapon, officials said.

Police officers will be stationed at each buyback location to collect and secure the guns. The buyback initiative is funded with forfeiture dollars obtained by the local police departments and County Prosecutors’ Offices, as well as forfeiture funds from the Division of Criminal Justice, the Attorney General said.

Here's where gun buyback events will take place:
Bergen County
St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church
55 West Demarest Avenue, Englewood
In partnership with Prosecutor Mark Musella

Cumberland County
Alms Center, 1 Martin Luther King Jr. Way,
Bridgeton
In partnership with Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae

Mercer County
Friendship Baptist Church
111 Perry Street, Trenton
In partnership with Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri

Middlesex/Somerset Counties
First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens
771 Somerset Street, Somerset
In partnership with Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson and Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone

Monmouth County
Second Baptist Church of Asbury Park
124 Atkins Avenue, Asbury Park
In partnership with Prosecutor Lori Linskey

Salem County
Carneys Point Fire Department
258 D Street, Carneys Point
In partnership with Prosecutor Kristin J. Telsey

Residents with questions about the buyback effort can call the Attorney General's Office of Constituent Services at 609-984-5828 or visit www.njoag.gov/gunbuyback.