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Unsecured guns are among the top contributors to the nation s gun violence, so a coalition of public officials and law enforcement is putting out the call to create new safety technology.
Ron Hain - the sheriff of Kane County in neighboring Illinois - said of the tens of millions of gun-owning households in the U.S, fewer than half store their guns securely.
Startups in recent years have brought some potentially promising products to market - such as different kinds of personalized locks. Hain said these are being tested by law enforcement officers and firearms experts. We have to make guns childproof, and as accident-proof as possible, said Hain. In an age of technological innovation, this is not an unsolvable problem.
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Some Chicago-area officials have joined a multi-state effort to seek out ideas for gun-safety products.
The Gun Safety Consortium, a group of elected officials, religious leaders, and law enforcement officers from across the country, called Tuesday on gun vendors and other innovators to submit proposals for technologies and features that can make guns safer.
“We have to make them theft-proof, child-proof, and as accident-proof as possible. In an age of technological innovation, this is not an unsolvable problem,” Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain said during an online news conference.
Proposals received by June 1 will be screened by a panel of law enforcement officials from the consortium. They will identify those with the most promise and purchase limited quantities for hands-on evaluations by police officers.
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