Gun Give Back Day

MGSCF collaborates with local law enforcement in numerous communities across Maine to host Gun Give Back Day, providing an opportunity for residents to turn in unwanted guns and ammunition. Our next biennial Gun Give Back Day will be in 2024.

• In 2019 and again in 2022, we collected over 500 guns and over 25,000 rounds of ammunition each year.

• Residents turned in guns and ammunition for various reasons, including young children or a family member with depression or other mental illness were present in the home, or they wanted to be relieved of inherited guns, duplicative guns, and old guns that did not work.

• MGSCF works with a Swedish nonprofit, Humanium Metal to breakdown guns and convert them into sellable products.

  • Humanium Metal operates internationally to raise awareness of gun violence by converting guns into sellable products such as pens, sculptures, and jewelry, using the proceeds to expand its efforts. MGSCF is proud to be the first US organization to work with Humanium Metal to repurpose unwanted guns collected in Maine. Each year additional communities participate, broadening our geographic reach. 

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