The Oakland Police Department will offer up to $300 to anyone surrendering a firearm at a gun buyback this weekend, no questions asked.
The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church, 2245 82nd Ave. in East Oakland, police said Saturday on social media.
The buyback will provide a gift card worth up to $300, police said.
“All firearms collected will be repurposed as garden tools,” the department said.
The annual “Guns to Gardens” buyback netted 58 firearms last year, including four assault rifles, privately manufactured firearms commonly known as “ghost guns,” and an AR pistol, police said at the time.
Oakland recorded 32 homicides through July 31, down 11% from the same period in 2025, according to Oakland Crime Watch, an independent public-data platform.
The city hit a 10-year peak of 117 in 2022, it said.