The White House on Thursday announced a series of actions emphasizing the importance of safe storage of weapons, the latest step in the Biden administration’s efforts to curtail gun violence. The Department of Justice is releasing a guide to safe storage of firearms, a 14-page document that outlines how gun owners can properly store their…
prevention non-profit looked at the state gun death rates from the cdc and compared them with the strength of the gun policies and laws for these states and created a score or ranking. when you look at some of those top states, california, new york, illinois, for example. a composite of gun death rate and gun law strength. for california and new york they had some of the lowest gun death rates in the country, including homicides, suicide and accidental killings, which is interesting because they have the two largest cities in the country as well. on the other hand, arkansas was ranked last because of their weaker gun laws and high gun death rate there. now, when it comes to the laws that they studied, they look at five foundational ones, background checks, securing secure firearm storage, rejection of stand your gun laws, extremerist laws. there are other metrics. those are sort of the
foundational ones. based on the implementation of those they claim 300,000 lives could be saved over the next decade if every state followed the example of some of those top ranked states like california and new york, i mean, again, too much experience in washington here. california and new york and try to tell states that don t have gun laws that s what you should be like and you re going to anger a lot of people. what do they want this report to spark, if anything? one of the distinctions they true is a lot of people look to the u.s. congress for action when comes to gun violence and gun bills. but there is a lot of action at the state level. michigan, the governor signed a number of gun violence prevention bills, requiring background checks for all gun sales, secure firearm storage, keeping the guns out of hands of convicted domestic users. their score went up as a result. florida and nebraska, meanwhile, said you don t have to have a permit to open carry in public anymore. their
NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, together with the Dallas Police Department and several other Dallas-based organizations, today announced the start of "Project ChildSafe® Dallas," a citywide initiative to promote firearm safety and secure firearm storage to help prevent firearm accidents, thefts and suicide throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
A bill to incentivize Louisiana gun owners to buy safes, locks, and other gun safety tools and equipment is now awaiting action on the governor's desk.