On June 11, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. the Maine Gun Safety Coalition will lead a gun giveback program across the state of Maine.  In participation with local police and sheriff departments, the public will be invited to give unwanted firearms and ammunition in a safe, legal, and responsible manner.  Cape Elizabeth Police Department will be accepting unwanted firearms and ammunition through a drive-up and drop-off system.  Unwanted firearms include: long guns, shotguns, handguns, air rifles, and pellet guns.  Gun-locking devices will also be distributed free of charge to the public.

The collection will be destroyed on location by members of Maine's Blacksmith Guild.  The parts will be transported to the Guild's foundry, smelted down and shipped to Pittsburgh where the metal will be turned into an array of jewelry and men's and women's watches which will be sold.  All proceeds will be returned to the Maine Gun Safety Coalition to further their work advocating for gun safety laws and regulations in Augusta and Washington, D.C.  

June 11 marks a national gun giveback day with participating locations in over 30 states.  In Maine, the participating police departments include Saco, Scarborough, Falmouth, Yarmouth, Waterville, Brunswick, Topsham, and Bath.  In a June 2 press release, Maine Gun Safety Coalition Executive Director Geoff Pickford stated: "The value in this program is that every firearm out of a home is one that won't be used when it shouldn't be."  A similar one-day giveback program was held in 2019 at eleven different police stations across Maine; over 500 guns and 10,000 rounds of ammunition were taken in.