After COPS/Metro organizing the City of San Antonio's first-ever gun buyback program last year, leaders shifted into the next phase of its local gun safety strategy.
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...the City of San Antonio in partnership with District 3 Councilwoman Phyllis Viagran and COPS Metro are giving away free gun safety boxes.
People can get the boxes from 9-11 a.m. on Saturday at Southside Lions Senior Center, 3303 Pecan Valley Drive.
In a news conference on Tuesday, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said the City secured $200,000 to purchase 4,000 gun safety lock boxes to be distributed in the community.
[In photo: COPS/Metro leader Rev. Rob Mueller of Divine Redeemer Presbyterian Church.]
City of San Antonio Set to Give Away Free Gun Safe Boxes This Weekend, KSAT [pdf]