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When a gun safe is the wrong storage choice — and what to do instead

For many gun owners, a heavy steel safe feels like the default answer to every storage question. Yet the same box that protects a collection from theft can slow you down in an emergency, damage your ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Keeping guns out of children’s hands is the goal. Do safe gun storage laws go too far or not far enough?

SAN DIEGO COUNTYSAN DIEGO COUNTY — The news was heartbreaking: A 3-year-old boy got his hands on a gun at a Fallbrook home, then unintentionally shot and killed his 1-year-old sister. Sheriff’s ...
Kaleido Scope

Free lock boxes tied to safer gun storage in family homes

Giving away free lock boxes for gun storage may lead more families to store firearms safely away from children, a recent study suggests. Do you have a secret to share? This UAB professor’s invention ...
KENS

City officials partner with SAPD to give away portable gun storage boxes, promoting gun safety across SA

SAN ANTONIO — Several hundred people across San Antonio got their hands on a portable gun security case for free as District 3 held its first community safety fair at Southside Lions Senior Center on ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

Safe gun storage giveaway Saturday at Yakima chamber office

Community members are invited to receive free firearm lockboxes and trigger locks Saturday, Oct. 25. The safe firearm storage giveaway takes place from 9-11 a.m. at the Greater Yakima Chamber of ...
WZZM

Advocates push for safe storage of weapons after guns found in West MI schools

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — With four incidents of guns found in Grand Rapids Public Schools this school year, gun storage safety advocates are pushing for adults to keep their firearms securely locked away ...