Safe Storage
Shootings because of a lack of safe firearm storage, like in this ad by End Family Fire, another organization committed to ending firearm deaths in the home, are more common than you might imagine. To learn more about what we are doing to push for safe storage of firearms click here.
Organized members of the community voicing their support for the safe storage ordinance at a Saratoga City Council meeting.
Statement on Gun Violence
As those who serve our local faith communities we are ever more aware of how important the sanctity of life and a sense of safety are for those we serve. Through our pastoral work we know that life is one of the most precious gifts that we have been entrusted with and to fully live this gift it is necessary to have a personal sense of safety as we go about our daily tasks. The violence associated with firearms as seen in the rash of recent mass shootings tramples on these values and enough is enough. It is time for our elected representatives to push forward with sensible firearm safety regulation.
Firearms at a glance
Data from California Department of Public Health
Data from Federal Bureau of Investigation (2017)