PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
POCOMOKE CITY POLICE TO HOLD VOLUNTARY GUN TURN-IN AS PART OF INAUGURAL STATEWIDE GUN TURN-IN DAY ON SATURDAY, MAY 11. RESIDENTS CAN DROP OFF UNWANTED FIREARMS, NO QUESTIONS ASKED. ATTORNEY GENERAL GANSLER COORDINATES STATEWIDE EFFORT TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE.
Pocomoke City, MD - The Pocomoke City Police Department is partnering with Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler in the inaugural statewide gun turn-in day to provide residents an opportunity to safely dispose of unwanted firearms. Officers from the Pocomoke City Police Department will be on hand at the Pocomoke City Police Department, 1500 Market Street, Pocomoke City between 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM on Saturday, May 11 to accept handguns, rifles and shotguns for safe disposal. No personal identification is required and no advance appointment is necessary.
“I want to thank Chief Kelvin D. Sewell and the Pocomoke City Police Department, the many other local law enforcement agencies and the Maryland State Police for participating in this gun turn-in event and making our communities safer as a result,” said Attorney Doug Gansler. “Anyone who has a gun that is no longer wanted will be able to get rid of it safely during this event, no questions asked.”
Any type of firearm will be accepted and it need not be in working order. Individuals turning in guns should transport and handle them safely, making sure they are unloaded, and follow any instructions given by the law enforcement officer upon arrival at the gun turn-in location.
Once surrendered, the firearm will/may e processed through law enforcement databases to determine if it has been reported stolen or flagged as being a firearm used in the commission of a crime.
WHAT: Pocomoke City Police Department Gun Turn-In Day
DATE: Saturday, May 11, 2013
TIME: 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM
WHERE: Pocomoke City Police Department, 1500 Market Street, Pocomoke City, Maryland
For more information about the statewide gun turn-in day, including a list of participating locations, visit http://www.oag.state.md.us/gun turn in.html
3 comments:
How much are they paying? If they ain't paying they ain't getting.
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This is bull hockey! If you turn in a gun all you get is, "Thank you."
I will be in the Fire Department parking lot with a big sign saying, "CASH FOR YOUR USED GUNS."
Let's see who gets the most business.
If the goal is to reduce gun violence.. Wouldn't it be better to have this event in the vicinity of the unused substation? Not much gun violence in the Heights or Homewood...
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