Wayne Co. Sheriff, churches offer free gun locks

Sheriff officials and Detroit-area churches are offering an “unlimited supply” of free gun locks.

Sheriff Benny Napoleon said Tuesday the effort is spurred by the county’s skyrocketing number of concealed weapons requests and recent cases involving children caught with firearms.

Napoleon tells The Detroit News that the county received 13,843 permit applications in 2009, up from 9,300 in 2008, and has received an average of 61 requests per day in 2010. There are currently 41,687 active concealed pistol license holders in Wayne County.

The gun locks are being supplied by Project Child Safe, an organization that distributes them to police departments nationwide. They can be obtained at the sheriff’s office in downtown Detroit or at several churches.

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