Give Up Guns, Get Gift Cards

The San Diego Sheriff’s Department’s Guns for Gift Cards program has more cards to give away to anyone that brings a gun in to be destroyed, no questions asked.

On Friday, Dec. 21, deputies will be 415 Euclid Ave. in San Diego from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. accepting firearms of all types.  Shotguns and rifles are worth a $50 card, with handguns and assault rifles getting $100 cards, which can be redeemed at local grocery stores. The guns must be in working order.

The firearms must be unloaded and be placed in the trunk. Uniformed deputies will be at the location to provide instructions about the exchange process.

The Sheriff’s Department has collaborated with the United African American Ministerial Action Council in the Guns for Gift Cards program for four years, successfully taking 851 weapons and ammunition off the streets, according to the department.

The Sheriff’s Department bought the cards using $10,000 in asset forfeiture funds.