Secure storage can prevent theft – and it can help save a life.
Firearm owners have different reasons and preferences for secure storage, but most share the view that a responsible firearm owner should prevent unauthorized or inappropriate access.
Storing firearms securely can prevent someone from misusing them – like a curious child playing with a gun, or an intruder stealing a gun.
Secure storage can also also prevent suicide. Suicide is hard to talk about. But it’s important to recognize that, unfortunately, most people have been affected by suicide loss. And, suicide death rates are particularly high among Veteran and military communities. The decision to act can be sudden, so small changes in storing dangerous household items, like firearms, can make a big difference. Bottom line? The safest storage method is the one that will make a firearm hardest to reach during a moment of crisis.
RANGES + RETAILERS
Business Tools and Resources
If you’re a firearm retailer or range, we have easy and effective ways that can support both your community and business:
Reinforce your commitment to safety to current and potential customers.
Serve as an indirect support for people going through a crisis period.
Enhance your reputation in the community.
FIREARM OWNERS
Secure Storage Options
If you’re a firearm owner or someone living with a firearm owner, we can help you navigate a secure storage plan for your family and help you prevent:
Theft and the likelihood the stored firearm(s) be used in criminal activity.
Accidental injury or death, especially among young children.
Fatal suicide attempts or intentional harm from domestic violence by delaying access to a highly lethal method of self-injury.
Pause to Protect is a site for firearm businesses
and firearm owners looking to learn more and engage in secure firearm storage.
SUPPORTERS + ALLIES
Support Pause to Protect
Secure Storage Can Make a Difference In My Community
Everyone can agree that we can take steps to reduce the number of firearm injuries and deaths in our community. Our list of supporters and allies includes firearm industry members, civilian shooting ranges and firearm retailers, firearm training companies, as well as the Defense Suicide Prevention Office, and all branches of the US military.
Interested in getting involved? Email us at: contact@pausetoprotect.org.
