April 2, 2021 – With a recent increase in gun violence, the city of Decatur and several community groups are partnering today to host a gun buyback event.
The event, known as “Decatur Community Day of Peace”, will provide any resident who turns in an unloaded gun with cash, no questions asked and no identification required.
The event is being held from 2 to 6 pm today at Community Church of God, 333 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Anyone who plans on attending must make sure the guns are unloaded beforehand.
The cash is being provided by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, and the event is being hosted by all alliance of Decatur churches, the NAACP, the city’s Department of Community Development, as well as the Decatur Police Department.
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