TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will start including gun storage safety tips when it mails hid weapons licenses to its residents, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried mentioned at a news convention Wednesday.
It will encourage individuals to maintain their weapons locked, unloaded and saved in a separate place than ammunition, amongst different tips. The objective is to stop unintentional shootings and to maintain weapons out of the palms of kids, mentioned Fried, who’s a gun proprietor.
“We believe in increasing education about these simple safety measures will help save lives,” mentioned Fried, a Democrat whose division oversees hid weapons licensing.
Democratic state Rep. Dan Daley mentioned the Republican-dominated Legislature has did not take up gun safety measures.
“Nobody’s coming to your weapons. I feel we simply wish to be protected and take a step in the fitting path,” mentioned Daley, who’s a gun proprietor.