The Ellis County Press: County to provide trigger locks to gun owners

County to provide trigger locks to gun owners
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Editor on 08/23/2000 00:00:00


JOHN CAPPS
Ellis County Press
WAXAHACHIE -- Sources at the Ellis County Sheriff´s Office told the Ellis
County Press more than 2,000 trigger locks will soon be available to county
residents at no charge.
Ellis County Sheriff Ray Stewart said the locks are not mandatory for gun
owners, but will be made available as a public service in hopes of reducing gun
accidents.
'I especially encourage gun owners with children to consider use of the locks,'
Stewart said. 'In my law enforcement career, I have worked perhaps seventy or
eighty cases where children accidentally hurt themselves with weapons in the
home.
'It is not Sheriff´s Office policy to discourage gun ownership by responsible
citizens,' Stewart said. 'Our only intent is to reduce tragic accidents and the
misuse of firearms.'
Steward added 'It is too early for gun owners to contact the Sheriff´s agency
to obtain a lock. The trigger locks have not yet arrived, but when they do a
program for orderly distribution will be announced.'