Overview
- The fourth annual buyback ran Saturday in Southwest Baltimore and brought in about 431 firearms, organizers reported.
- Organizers provided a detailed inventory showing 108 revolvers, 124 semi‑ and fully‑automatic weapons, and 199 rifles and shotguns.
- Participants received between $100 and $300 for each weapon surrendered as part of the incentive program.
- The event was run by the Archdiocese of Baltimore in partnership with the Baltimore Police Department and raises the program total to nearly 1,500 guns collected since it began.
- Organizers framed the effort as harm reduction to prevent accidental injury, suicide, and theft but the coverage includes no new evidence on short‑term effects on local crime rates.