Marin County officials will be carrying out a gun buyback next Saturday. 

Firearm drop offs will be completely anonymous, with no questions asked, the county said. 

Handguns, rifles and shotguns that are turned in will receive $100. Assault weapons will garner the donator $200. Boxed ammunition will also be accepted.

All firearms are required to be functional, unloaded and secured in the trunk of vehicles. 

The event, which is primarily sponsored by the district attorney’s office, will take place in the parking lot of the Marin County Sheriff’s Office at 1600 Los Gamos Dr. in San Rafael. It will take place on June 4 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

The county said that previous gun buybacks have collected hundreds of unwanted firearms, which are then destroyed. A gun buyback in Milpitas collected more than 400 guns May 22.

Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.