Owners of firearms are legally obligated to keep them secured and prevent access by felons and others who should not possess them. The best way to secure firearms is to place them inside of gun safes. Doing so prevents people from seeing them and makes it much harder for guns to fall into the wrong hands. Here's a closer look at how gun safes help to keep your family and community safe.

Avoid Accidents

According to the Pew Research Center, suicide accounted for 54% of all gun deaths in 2021 when 26,328 people used firearms to take their own lives. According to Clearvue Health, securing firearms could prevent nearly 40% of child suicides. The best way to secure your firearms is to lock them in a gun safe, especially when you have children in your household.

Keep Your Kids Safe

Many children are injured or die from accidental gun deaths. An unsecured firearm might wind up in the hands of a young child who does not know it's a lethal weapon instead of a toy. Such negligence could cause the gun owner to be liable for any harm caused by the unsecured firearm. Using gun safes is the best way to secure firearms and demonstrate responsibility as an owner of one or more guns.

Thwart Potential Thefts

It's a lot harder to steal firearms when they are locked away in gun safes. Thieves cannot see them and therefore don't know which ones you have that might be worth stealing. Thieves also cannot simply break a lock or use bolt cutters to access your firearms when they are locked in a safe. When you make it harder for someone to steal your firearms, you help prevent them from winding up in the hands of local criminals.

You should always keep your firearm in a gun safe when it's not in use. Are you looking to purchase a gun safe? You can learn more about them by giving us a call or visiting our storefront at Wrangler Safe & Lock. Our friendly staff is happy to discuss the safes that we have on hand and others that we could order. Your safety is our top priority and we'll be happy to help you. We look forward to seeing you soon.