The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office will hold a “Guns For Cash” firearm exchange program between Friday, July 30th through Sunday August 1st.
The program will take place at Asbury Park Police Department located on Main Street from 8:30am to 5:30pm. People will be able to bring weapons in exchange for cash payments: $25 for shotguns or rifles; $50 for handguns; and $100 for assault weapons, according to a release from the prosecutor’s office.
The program is anonymous and voluntary. Persons will be able to transport weapons to the police station without a gun permit. Weapons should not be concealed but unloaded in a gun case or a sealed container.
Ammunition, replicas, BB and pellet guns will be accepted but no compensation will be given.
For more information about the program, call Capt. Brian Rubino at the prosecutor’s office, 732-751-2203.
