from ssgmarkcr
I came across this and someone definitely isn't happy.
"NEWTOWN,
Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®) announced
today that it has been awarded a two-year, $2.4 million grant by the
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Funds will go toward providing firearm
safety education messaging and free gun locks through NSSF’s Project ChildSafe
program to communities throughout the country, to encourage responsible
firearm storage and help reduce firearm accidents, theft and misuse."
http://www.nssfblog.com/doj-awards-2-4-million-grant-to-nssfs-project-childsafe/
This
project has distributed over 36 million free gun locks to gun owners
along with literature to educate owners on safe storage of firearms.
However, as I said, someone isn't happy about government money going to
this project,
"Newtown,
CT−Two gun violence prevention groups, the Newtown Action Alliance and
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, have launched a petition campaign
calling on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to cancel a planned
$2.4 million grant to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) and
find a more suitable partner for their gun violence prevention efforts.
On
September 10, 2015, the Newtown-headquartered NSSF announced that it
had received a two-year grant from DOJ to produce Project ChildSafe
Safety Kits, which the organization distributes to law enforcement
agencies around the country. The kits include a cable-style gun lock and
a brochure detailing gun safety procedures."
http://csgv.org/releases/2015/petition-campaign-calls-department-justice-stop-funding-corporate-gun-lobby/
Now if the CSGV had some evidence that funds that were supposed to go
to go for gun locks was being spent to lobby congress,then they might
have a justifiable beef. But all I'm seeing is that someone they don't
approve of is getting some good PR for the very beneficial program that
provides real world and real time improvement in guns being safely
stored.
What does everyone here think of what seems to me to be a bad case of sour grapes?
One thing I think is this: the NSSF says child locks "help reduce firearm accidents, theft and misuse." I'd like to know how "a cable-style gun lock" would reduce theft.
