Vermont renews push for increased access to gun locks [Video]

THIS WEEK MARKS A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HEALTH ADVOCATES IN OUR REGION MADE A GREATER EFFORT TO PROMOTE SAFE GUN OWNERSHIP. WHILE SOME FIRE ARMS STORES AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS OFFER SAFE GUN STORAGE OPTIONS… OTHER PLACES ARE ALSO HANDING OUT ááFREE GUN LOCKS. NBC5 SID BEWLAY MET WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PARTNERS TODAY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THE PROGRAM IS WORKING, ONE YEAR IN. <THE FLETCHER FREE LIBRARY IN BURLINGTON IS ONE OF SEVERAL LOCATIONS HANDING OUT GUN LOCKS… LIKE THIS ITS PART OF A STATEWIDE EFFORT TO INCREASE RESPONSIBLE GU–N OWNERSHIP> FEDERAL AND STATE PARTNERS — ARE AGAIN EFORTING SAFER GUN STORAGE IN VERMONT, INCLUDING HANDING OUT FREE GUN LOCKS ACROSS THE STATE. <NICHOLAS KEREST, U.S. ATTORNEY, VERMONT; “IN FACT, WE DISTRIBUTED OVER 4000 OF THE ORIGINAL 5000 GUN LOCKS THAT WE RECEIVED AS PART OF OUR INITIATIVE.”> . <ALEXANDER SCHMIDT, …