By Daily Press staff
The Santa Monica College Police Department has joined a nationwide effort to promote firearm safety — with the particular goal of saving children’s lives — by distributing free safety kits, including gun locks, to anyone who wants them.
“Hundreds of children and teenagers in this country are killed each year by senseless gun accidents,” said SMC Police Chief Eileen Miller. “We want to do what we can to save lives.”
The SMC Police Department is working in conjunction with Project ChildSafe, a program developed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, to distribute the gun safety lock kits. The program is funded by a U.S. Department of Justice grant, with additional funding provided by the firearms industry.
“Each kit contains a safety curriculum and a cable-style gun lock, which fits on most types of handguns, rifles and shotguns,” Miller said.
Miller said her department will distribute the kits without asking for identification or gun licenses. However, she said that anyone wanting a kit should not bring a firearm to the police station.
For information, or to arrange to pick up a gun safety lock kit, call (310) 434- 4608 between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Samohi science team advances to finals
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 24, 2005. Read the original PDF.