On the final day of a three-week Gun Buyback Program, the Toronto Police Service has collected 2,338 firearms (1,631 long guns and 707 handguns) for destruction.
The collection of firearms ends at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 17.
Any Toronto resident who wishes to have police pick up an operable, registered or unregistered gun from their home will be compensated with $200 for a long gun and $350 for a handgun. Each gun will be inspected to determine if they have been used in a crime. Residents who turn over guns to police will not face a charge for possessing or unsafely storing a firearm.
Residents should not bring guns to a police station or City facility. To participate, please call the Toronto Police Service non-emergency line at 416-808-2222 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. and an officer will visit your home to pick up the gun.
Any residents who want to turn over firearms to police after the Gun Buyback Program ends can still do so by calling the non-emergency line but will not be eligible for compensation.
No one should attempt to turn in a gun in person at a police station or any city facility.
In July 2018, Toronto City Council adopted the Immediate Steps to Address Gun Violence report, which included a Council decision to establish a gun buyback program. The City of Toronto is funding this program.
For more information, visit tps.on.ca/buyback
For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.
Kevin Masterman, Corporate Communications
For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.
The collection of firearms ends at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 17.
Any Toronto resident who wishes to have police pick up an operable, registered or unregistered gun from their home will be compensated with $200 for a long gun and $350 for a handgun. Each gun will be inspected to determine if they have been used in a crime. Residents who turn over guns to police will not face a charge for possessing or unsafely storing a firearm.
Residents should not bring guns to a police station or City facility. To participate, please call the Toronto Police Service non-emergency line at 416-808-2222 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. and an officer will visit your home to pick up the gun.
Any residents who want to turn over firearms to police after the Gun Buyback Program ends can still do so by calling the non-emergency line but will not be eligible for compensation.
No one should attempt to turn in a gun in person at a police station or any city facility.
In July 2018, Toronto City Council adopted the Immediate Steps to Address Gun Violence report, which included a Council decision to establish a gun buyback program. The City of Toronto is funding this program.
For more information, visit tps.on.ca/buyback
For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.
Kevin Masterman, Corporate Communications
For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.