Free gun locks
Project ChildSafe Gun Lock Giveaway
Police Department Offering Free Safety Locks for Guns
Breckenridge Hills Police Department offers free safety locks for handguns, rifles and shotguns to anyone who needs them. The safety locks are available from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays at the Breckenridge Hills Police Department, 9623 St. Charles Rock Road. For more information, call (314) 426-1214 ext 139.
The police department has about 500 of the safety devices in stock. They are free to both residents and non-residents.
The gun-lock program is sponsored by Project ChildSafe, which is organized and managed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation and funded by the firearms industry and grants from the U.S. Department of Justice.
The safety devices are short cables with locking ends that are looped through the cylinders of revolvers, the bolt-holding devices of bolt-action rifles, and the ejection ports of automatic pistols and pump-action shotguns. They open with a key.
Police urge all gun owners, especially those with children in their homes to use safety locks on their firearms and keep them out of sight.
Project ChildSafe has formed partnerships with governors, lieutenant governors, U.S. attorneys, mayors and local law enforcement agencies to distribute the gun locks and safety information. Since 2003, Project ChildSafe has distributed millions of the free locking device kits which include educational material about responsible gun ownership, safety and storage. For more information visit: www.projectchildsafe.org
