Texas Governor’s school safety plan includes trade group’s gun lock kits

By Chris Eger

The NSSF’s “Own It? Respect it. Secure it” safety initiative featured in Gov. Abbott’s school and firearm safety plan this week. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
Listed in the plan unveiled Wednesday by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was a nod to the firearm industry trade group’s long-running gun safety and education program.
Abbott’s 44-page School and Firearms Safety Action Plan, compiled in response to the shooting at Santa Fe High School that claimed the lives of 10 faculty and students earlier this month, is a mix of moves to harden campuses, recognize threats before they turn violent and enhance firearms safety. Among those is recognition for advocacy promoted by the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
“The NSSF ‘Own It? Respect it. Secure it’ initiative was developed to promote and encourage firearm safety and safe storage,” noted the report, which proposes $1 million in grant funding from the Governor’s Criminal Justice Division to support NSSF activities.
The plan holds up the trade group’s ongoing Project ChildSafe campaign as a model, which according to the NSSF has distributed over 37 million free firearm safety kits since its launch two decades ago. Each kit includes a cable-style gun lock with instructions and a safety booklet.
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Source: Guns.com