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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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There s a renewed push for gun-control measures in Wisconsin and at the federal level, with President Joe Biden s executive actions this week.
Advocates of the plans say longstanding opposition remains, but the focus on different aspects of the gun debate might receive greater support.
Biden s announcement follows several mass shootings in the U.S. His executive orders range from restrictions on homemade firearms known as ghost guns, to investments in community violence-intervention programs.
Jeri Bonavia, executive director of the Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort, noted that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has a similar funding proposal, which she believes can work.