ATF, Gun Industry Trade Group Kick Off ‘Operation Secure Store’

By Tom Knighton

It seems that not a day goes by that I don’t come across a story of a group of criminals breaking into gun stores and stealing multiple firearms, guns we all know will be used to commit further crimes down the road. No one wants to see that, no one at all. If there’s one thing all honest Americans can be united on, it’s that we don’t want to see this kind of thing happen.

Unfortunately, when it comes to solutions, we’re not all that united. After all, new laws aren’t really the answer.

However, the ATF has stepped in and teamed up with the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) to kick off Operation Secure Store to try and help gun dealers meet this new threat.

Operation Secure Store — a partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — will help federally licensed firearms dealers “make well informed security-related decisions to deter and prevent theft.”

“No one wants to prevent the theft of firearms more than the licensed retailers that sell them,” said Stephen L. Sanetti, NSSF president and chief executive officer. “There is no one-size fits all solution to helping prevent thefts from firearms retailers, which is …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms