Project ChildSafe Gains 500
Supporter Organizations
Firearm industry program distributes free safety kits in 47 states since January
By mike Bazinet
porting organizations are reaching out to
the firearm-owning community to stress
the importance of proper and responsible firearm storage. Central to that program are the project ChildSafe Firearm
Safety Kits, which include a free cablestyle gun lock. nSSF, which launched
project ChildSafe in 1999, provides the
safety kits and locks to more than 15,000
The program began recruiting supporter law enforcement partner agencies across
organizations last summer to expand the the country at no charge.
reach of its safety message nationwide.
The Wild Sheep Foundation, a national Thanks in part to the work of project
organization dedicated to enhancing ChildSafe supporters to promote the
wild sheep populations, promoting pro- “Own it? respect it. Secure it.” message
fessional wildlife management and pro- on their websites, advertising, storefronts
viding public education on hunting’s role and in social media, demand for the
in conservation, became the program’s safety kits has surged. more than 53,000
500th supporter this week. it joined a safety kits have been shipped to local
host of local and national organizations law enforcement agencies in 47 states
including uSA Shooting, the mule Deer nationwide since January, adding to the
Foundation, Law enforcement united, more than 36 million safety kits donated
national Association of Sporting good throughout the u.S. and in five territories
Wholesalers, uS First responders and since project ChildSafe began.
uSA YeSS, among others.
“We’ve partnered with project ChildSafe
“As an orga- and nSSF to distribute locks and edun i z a t i o n cational materials at several events
dedicated to in the past year. At each event, the
ethical hunt- response from the community has been
ing and safe tremendous, demonstrating that project
shooting, we ChildSafe is the right approach to firebelieve any arm safety,” said Joe Huggins, Hunter
d i s c u s - education Coordinator with the Arkansas
sion
on game and Fish Commission. “reaching
the impor- this milestone shows that the vast majortance of ity of gun owners are committed to being
gun safety safe and responsible. We look forward
and responsi- to continuing our work with project
bility must include ChildSafe to provide resources and tools
storing guns respon- to help them do that.”
sibly when they are not
in use,” said ryan Brock, ph.D.
and youth education coordinator
for the Wild Sheep Foundation. “project
ChildSafe is the nation’s leading program
in getting that message out, and providing the means firearm owners can use to
help prevent accidents. We’re glad to be
partnering with them.”
the importance of safe firearm storage,”
said Steve Sanetti, nSSF president and
CeO. “This broad spectrum of support
amplifies our industry’s safety message
and lets people know there are resources available to help firearm owners take
action - right now - to help prevent firearm accidents.”
T
he national
Shooting Sports
Foundation
(nSSF) announced
today that more than 500 retailers, sporting clubs and conservation
organizations have signed on to support
its project ChildSafe program and promote the message of “Own it? respect
it. Secure it.” to help prevent firearm
accidents.
“reaching 500 supporter organizations
for project ChildSafe speaks to how the
shooting sports community understands
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