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The Santa Barbara Police Department & Coalition Against Gun Violence hosted an Anonymous Gun Buyback on Saturday May 12, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. to noon in the parking lot of the Earl Warren Showgrounds.  $100.00 Smart & Final Supermarket gift cards were given to people turning in functioning handguns, shotguns, and rifles and $200.00 Smart & Final Supermarket gift cards were given to people turning in functioning California classified assault weapons.  This was our most successful buyback to date with over $23,000.00 worth of gift cards distributed.  Free gun locks were also given away.  In total, 260 firearms were collected consisting of 99 handguns, 107 rifles, 49 shotguns, and 5 assault weapons.  Since 2014 SBPD and CAGV have collected 885 unwanted guns during buyback events.