Green Bay Police Call Saturday’s ‘Goods for Guns’ Program a Success

By Jenn Jacques

The Green Bay Police Department was in the parking lot of Sam’s Club on West Mason Saturday carrying out what they’re calling a successful gun buyback event called Goods for Guns. Aimed at getting “illegal and dangerous guns” off the streets of Green Bay, the GBPD was offering a $25 or $50 gift card to anyone who turned in a firearm, with no questions asked. Those on hand seemed to be mainly upstanding citizens with no idea what to do with their legal firearms.

“I brought my father’s .22 luger pistol that he purchased somewhere back in the 70’s,” said Andrew Buechner of Sturgeon Bay. “He passed away a few years ago, and I have no use for the firearm. I have two kids at home, and I don’t want them to find it because guns are dangerous, so one gun off the street and some money in my pocket.”

Turning in a single-shot shotgun he purchased several years ago, Green Bay resident Collin Braschnewitz surrendered his firearm to the GBPD under the assumption leaving it in a closet or selling it to a gun store may not be the right thing to do.

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Source:: Bearing Arms