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County grants program distributes locks, safes and training to promote firearm safe storage
Summary
Champaign County's gun safety program reported distribution of more than 1,000 cable locks, roughly 100 safes in hand or allocated, train-the-trainer sessions with Be SMART, and targeted outreach to veterans and families; staff said additional funding rounds are expected but safes are finite.
Shauna Denater, the training and outreach coordinator for the Champaign County gun safety program, told the board on Feb. 20 that the program has distributed more than 1,000 cable-style gun locks through pickup sites and deployed roughly 100 safes to organizations or individuals so far.
Denater said the program is funded by a state grant administered through IDPH and uses the Be SMART national campaign materials to provide a “train-the-trainer” curriculum for schools, veterans organizations and family-serving groups. “We have distributed over a thousand cable gun locks at various pickup sites,” she said, and noted that lockers and larger safes had been handed out at community events and through…
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