Annual Gun Turn-In
To dispose of a gun right now, please go to our Year-Round Gun Turn-In page.
The Ceasefire Oregon Education Foundation hosts annual Gun Turn-In's to provide a place where gun owners can dispose of unwanted firearms. For each firearm turned in, residents receive a merchandise certificate. With the advertising for this event, we raise awareness of the risks and responsibilities of gun ownership, including the importance of safe storage.
Our next gun turn-in has not yet been scheduled.
When it is scheduled, we will post the date here.
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Memorial Coliseum, Portland
300 North Winning Way, North Benton Parking Lot
The turn-ins take place on the north side of Memorial Coliseum, in the Benton Lot, between the streets of N. Winning Way and N. Broadway, and N. Benton and N. Larrabee. They are staffed by Ceasefire Oregon Education Foundation volunteers and sworn officers from the Portland Police Bureau. Our event partners are Mayor Sam Adams, the Portland Police Bureau, and the Office of Neighborhood Involvement.
All guns, operable or inoperable, will be accepted at the turn-in with no questions asked. Participants will receive a $50 Fred Meyer gift certificate for each working gun, with a limit of three certificates.
Number of guns turned in at Ceasefire's annual turn-ins:
1994: 600
1995: 300
1996: 689
1997: 907
1998: 1069
1999: 692
2000: 692
2001: 504
2002: 365
2003: 356
2004: 115
2005: 95
2006: 108
2007: 245
2008: 424
2010: 142
2011: 261
TOTAL: 7,564
No annual turn-in was held in 2009 due to lack of money to buy merchandise certificates.
If you would like to donate money so we can “buy back” more guns in the future, please send a check to the Ceasefire Oregon Education Foundation, 7327 SW Barnes Road #316, Portland, OR 97225. Or you can donate online using your credit card: please click here.
What is the difference between the Annual Gun Turn-In and the Year-Round Gun Turn-In? The Annual Gun Turn-In is held at a specific site on a specific day, and each person who turns in a gun receives a merchandise certificate. Under the Year-Round Gun Turn-In, the person with the gun contacts a law enforcement officer to arrange to turn in the gun, and no certificates are provided in return.
Reasons to turn in a firearm:
• Young, lively, curious children are at your home.
• Someone in your family or a friend or neighbor is suffering from depression.
• The firearm cannot be properly stored.
• The gun was left by an earlier occupant of the house.
• You can't guarantee that someone else won't get the gun.
• You want to do something to reduce the number of gun accidents, suicides, and homicides.
• You understand that a gun in the home is much more likely to kill or injure a family member or friend than it is to protect you.
• You would rather have a gift certificate than the gun.