Police services across the province have recently wrapped up this year's Firearms Amnesty Program.  

The program allows residents to arrange a time to surrender any unwanted guns or ammunition.  

According to the Saskatchewan RCMP, residents voluntarily surrendered 79 firearms to the RCMP, including 66 non-restricted firearms and 13 restricted firearms. 4110 rounds of ammunition were also surrendered, along with several other firearm-related items. 

Different police services also received some unwanted guns, the Saskatoon Police Service collected 81 firearms, the Regina Police Service collected 48, and the Prince Albert Police Service collected 13 firearms.  

Moose Jaw Police Service's Constable Rodney Zoerb says the local area also had some firearms surrendered. "We had nine non-restricted firearms, two prohibited firearms and around two-hundred rounds of ammunition," says Zoerb.  

He breaks down the difference between non-restricted firearms and prohibited firearms. "A non-restricted firearm is a whole classification of firearms, mostly your average hunting rifle or shotgun. The two prohibited firearms were handguns and two-hundred rounds of assorted ammunition." 

He says the program is in place to make people feel more comfortable.

"Lots of people come into firearms, maybe it was a relative or an estate, and lots of people don't know what to do when they get them, and it just allows them to know they can turn over those firearms without any criminal charges."

Zoerb says it can be a nerve-wracking experience when you don't know what to do about a firearm in your possession.

Once the police attain the firearms, they are logged and then destroyed.