{"id":42204,"date":"2015-09-02T09:25:17","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T13:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=42204"},"modified":"2026-05-14T06:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:08:29","slug":"bad-idea-city-unveils-gun-drop-box-to-get-firearms-off-the-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/bad-idea-city-unveils-gun-drop-box-to-get-firearms-off-the-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Idea?  City Unveils Gun &#8216;Drop Box&#8217; to Get Firearms Off the Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tacoma, Washington is working on a new program to provide a local drop box for residents to dump their unwanted firearms.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is providing anonymity to anyone who wants to discard a firearm, and while Tacoma residents can already turn in guns to local law enforcement, this method alleviates the need for human interaction.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42205\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/GunDropBox.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bad-idea-city-unveils-gun-drop-box-to-get-firearms-off-the-street\" title=\"Bad Idea?  City Unveils Gun 'Drop Box' to Get Firearms Off the Street\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42205\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42205\" title=\"Bad Idea?  City Unveils Gun 'Drop Box' to Get Firearms Off the Street\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/GunDropBox-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"A drop box for guns.  Bad idea? (Photo: Controversial Times)\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/GunDropBox-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/GunDropBox-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/GunDropBox.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A drop box for guns. Bad idea? (<em>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/controversialtimes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bad-idea-city-unveils-gun-drop-box-to-get-firearms-off-the-street\" title=\"Bad Idea?  City Unveils Gun 'Drop Box' to Get Firearms Off the Street\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Controversial Times<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/controversialtimes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bad-idea-city-unveils-gun-drop-box-to-get-firearms-off-the-street\" title=\"Bad Idea?  City Unveils Gun 'Drop Box' to Get Firearms Off the Street\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt takes out the up-front interaction with law enforcement,\u201d said Melissa Cordeiro, gang reduction project coordinator for Tacoma. \u201cThey would just have to drop the <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/the-mil-leo-only-guns-from-your-favorite-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bad-idea-city-unveils-gun-drop-box-to-get-firearms-off-the-street\" title=\"Bad Idea?  City Unveils Gun 'Drop Box' to Get Firearms Off the Street\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"5076\">gun off and later law enforcement<\/a> would swing by and pick it up out of the drop box.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s kind of like the olden days of dropping off a movie at Blockbuster. But having so many firearms in a single, non-guarded place leaves many concerned about safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely something that is controlled access and one way,\u201d said Cordeiro. \u201cYou can put something in, but you can\u2019t take something out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the initiative is successful, Tacoma will be setting a precedence, but first they have to figure out exactly how it would work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to make sure that it is in a safe enough location but also that police are involved,\u201d said Cordeiro. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to make this a target location for rival <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/must-watch-krav-maga-student-turns-tables-on-gang-member-during-home-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"bad-idea-city-unveils-gun-drop-box-to-get-firearms-off-the-street\" title=\"Bad Idea?  City Unveils Gun 'Drop Box' to Get Firearms Off the Street\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"5077\">gang members<\/a> or for somebody trying to steal a weapon off the street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(<em>This article was a submission from freelance writer Brent Rogers<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tacoma, Washington is working on a new program to provide a local drop box for residents to dump their unwanted firearms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":42205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"manual","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,326,241,240],"tags":[132],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42204","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-brent","9":"category-rapid-fire","10":"category-this-week","11":"tag-buzz"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6.1 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bad Idea? 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