Many firearms owners take seriously their responsibility to store their firearms in a way that makes them inaccessible to the wrong hands – children, at-risk youth, potential thieves, and those who intend to harm themselves or others. Yet according to a study by the RAND Corporation using statistics from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 1.4 million homes have firearms stored in a way that makes them accessible to the wrong hands.
A new Safe Firearms Storage campaign from the National Crime Prevention Council and the Ad Council encourages firearms owners to store firearms safely by locking them up where children, at-risk youth, potential thieves, and those who intend to harm themselves or others cannot access them.
Take a look at the PSA here:
“Safe Firearms Storage,” a new ad by the National Crime Prevention Council along with Ad Council, encourages gun owners to properly stow their guns whenever they’re not in use.
