You can contact CAGV via email (click on hyperlink address below):
sbcagv@gmail.com
Otherwise, we can be reached by snail mail or phone:
Coalition Against Gun Violence
7040 Shepard Mesa Road
Carpinteria, CA 93013-3132
Phone: (805) 684-8434
Fax: (805) 684-6664
We are pleased to announce that the Coalition Against Gun Violence in partnership with the Santa Barbara Police Department and the City of Santa Barbara, is hosting our 6th Anonymous Gun Buyback on August 21, 2021, 8am - Noon, at the Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real in Santa Barbara.
1169 firearms were collected over the past 5-gun buybacks with major donations from organizations, individuals and from the City of Santa Barbara. Gun buybacks are an effective method to remove unwanted guns from our homes and the community. A firearm in the home is 22 times more likely to be used against a member of that family due to a suicide, homicide, or unintentional accident. A family’s circumstances change over time so they may decide for multiple reasons to remove a firearm from their home: to protect children, teenagers, or at-risk family members; elderly with dementia; individuals with mental illness; those at risk of suicide; abusive or volatile relationships, individuals and people involved in emotional conflicts or crises. Consider that one anonymous firearm turned in at our gun buyback could potentially save one life.
Gun Buyback events like these won't solve gun violence by themselves, but they ARE an important part in the collective effort to save lives.
DONATIONS FOR CAGV's 2021 ANONYMOUS GUN BUYBACK can be made online
SPEAK FOR SAFETY: The Gun Violence Restraining Order (GVRO) A law that works to prevent or reduce gun violence. The Gun Violence Restraining Order (GVRO) is a law that allows family members, household members, and law enforcement to work with courts to temporarily remove guns and prevent the purchase of new guns by individuals who pose a significant risk of harm to themselves or others. READ FULL ARTICLE: http://sbcoalition.org/speak-for-safety-gvro/
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