Tacoma - doing more to protect your privacy when disposing of firearms

Go ahead and commit that crime and the city will help you dispose of it without fear of being identified.

Tacoma city officials want to create a drop box where people can anonymously turn in unwanted guns.

Their first challenge? Finding a place to put it.



The city already lets people turn in guns for destruction without getting their names on a police report. But there’s no way for people to anonymously surrender a firearm without calling the police to arrange a pickup, or unless they take the gun directly to a police station, officials said.

That’s where the drop box comes in: In theory, it would provide a secure receptacle where people can turn over firearms without talking to an officer or even being seen by police.




City officials suspect the proposed drop box might encourage more people to surrender their guns — especially young people who are the target audience for the city’s year-old gun safety campaign.

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