By Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P] / Bay City News
San Mateo County authorities said Wednesday they collected 425 firearms in a gun buyback operation in San Carlos last weekend.
The county on Saturday held the first of five such events to be held through 2023, with $100 per pistol, shotgun or rifle and $200 per assault weapon.
Of the 425 collected, six were assault weapons and three were "ghost" weapons that were untraceable, county officials said.
Last month, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approved spending up to $208,000 in reserves from revenue raised through Measure K, a voter-approved 2016 extension of a half-cent sales tax.
The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office added $100,000 and the community group Citizens for a San Mateo County Gun Buyback contributed $67,000 to fund the events.
Two more gun buyback events will be held in 2022, according to the county.
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