Preventing Accidental Injuries With a Gun Safe
Buying a rifle or long gun safes and providing firearm safety training to all household members is thus critically important in preventing accidental gun injuries or fatalities.
If you choose to display your guns in a gun cabinet, keep all ammunition stored in your gun safes. Keeping your firearms in a gun safe is not just a matter of theft prevention. It’s also an issue of firearm safety. Approximately 1.7 million U.S. children live in homes where loaded and unlocked guns are present.
Many studies have shown that the risk of gun accidents is dramatically lower in homes where gun safes and ammunition are locked in separate gun safes.
Smaller guns that are used for self defense should be stored in a handgun safe, not in a desk drawer or beneath a pillow or mattress.
Care and maintenance of guns is another important part of gun safety. Clean your guns regularly and check them for signs of corrosion or wear.
