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.