Nearly half of adult Mainers own guns, which means that thousands of Maine children live in a home with a firearm.
And, while parents may believe that they have hidden their guns where their children can't find them, research shows that as many as 39% are mistaken.
Secure gun storage, such as lockboxes, has been shown to dramatically reduce unintentional gun deaths. By distributing lockboxes across the state, we can keep kids across Maine safe.
We need to purchase as many lockboxes as possible to meet the needs of our community, and now we need to make sure we get them out across the state.
Can you help make sure that every Mainer who needs it gets a gun lockbox? Every $30 we receive is one more gun out of the hands of children!
Thank you for helping keep our community safe,
Nacole Palmer, Executive Director
Maine Gun Safety Coalition
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