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In response to more than 1 million firearms being stolen over the past 5 years, the International Association of Chiefs of Police Firearms Committee has produced a Public Service Announcement entitled “Right to Carry, Duty to Secure” to support Gloucester Township Police and othe local law enforcement agencies to encourage safe storage of personal firearms.
This PSA video features basketball legend, Shaquille O'Neal, promoting the duty of gun owners to secure their firearms. The goal is to encourage safe storage of firearms in homes and vehicles.
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Firearms Security Fact Sheet:
The term gun violence typically includes suicide by firearm, homicide by firearm and non-fatal shootings, and accidental death or wounding by a firearm. Typically, suicides slightly outpace homicides, and accidental deaths are a smaller number. The Pew Research Center looked at the more than 48,000 firearm fatalities that occurred in 2021, the most recent year for which complete data is available:
o 54% of fatalities were suicides
o 43% were homicides
o 3% were accidental deaths by firearm
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), firearm injuries were the leading cause of death among children and teens ages 1-19. Analysis of the FBI National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) indicates that a child gains access to a loaded firearm and unintentionally shoots themself or someone else every day in America—an average of 350 children a year.
According to Pew, over half of all suicides (55%) were committed with firearms, and according to Harvard’s School of Public Health, access to firearms is associated with increased suicide risk.
Approximately 200,000 firearms are stolen every year. The leading source for stolen guns is vehicles, and the rate of these thefts is triple what it was a decade ago. In most cases, the stolen firearm was not in a vehicle gun safe, and often the vehicle had been unlocked. Analysis of FBI NIBIRS data shows that cars and trucks parked at residences (in driveways, outside homes, etc.) are the most common source of stolen guns, this data demonstrates the importance of always storing guns securely in all locations.
Over the past few years, over 75% of homicides were committed with firearms, the highest rate since at least 1968 when the CDC began tracking such data.
Securing firearms from theft and unauthorized access is reasonable and necessary for public safety.
If you own firearms:
Install a firearm safe in any vehicle in which you carry your weapon.
Install a safe in your home large enough to store all your firearms.
Trigger guards and cable locks may prevent suicide or accidental discharge but not theft.
If you lawfully own and carry a firearm you have a duty to secure it.
