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In 1994 Dr. Michael P. Hirsh, of Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Worcester, co-founded the Goods for Guns Program in Pittsburgh. To date, the program there, collected over 7800 guns. A similar program was initiated in Worcester in December of 2002 and has since been annually successful.
Every December we offer a county wide gun buyback on the Saturday closest to the anniversary date of the Sandy Hook school shooting, where anyone can anonymously and with amnesty from the DA exchange their unwanted firearm for gift cards to local stores. Participants then complete surveys that gather demographic data and are given trigger locks for any additional firearms that they may have in their homes. The unwanted firearms are then turned into working gardening tools by local volunteer blacksmiths to give back to our community gardens.