Noted security expert Marc Weber Tobias contributes The Lockdown, exposing the shoddy security you may depend on. Two years ago I published an alert on my site regarding the inherent insecurity of gun ...

TULALIP — Guns can be found in more than a third of Washington homes. And in 12 percent of homes, those guns likely are loaded, state health officials say. As a step toward improving gun safety, ...

Crime is Slate’s crime blog. Like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter @slatecrime. I write a lot about “accidental” child shooting deaths—the stories of children who kill themselves or other kids ...

A gun safe is great for keeping your firearms secure at home, but what about when you’re on the move? A gun lock does an excellent job of disabling your firearm, while taking up minimal space in your ...

EASIER ACCESS TO GUN LOCKING DEVICES, AS THE POLK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS TEAMING UP WITH THE DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY TO MAKE GUN STORAGE MORE SAFE BY HANDING OUT GUN TRIGGER LOCKS AT THE CITY’S ...

In 2010 a three-year-old child was killed because access was gained to a gun safe that contained a handgun. The little boy was the son of a Deputy Sheriff in Vancouver, Washington who had been issued ...

During the oral arguments for D.C. v. Heller last March, one of the more interesting—and, as it turns out, important—exchanges concerned a comparison between Washington, D.C.'s strict trigger lock ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Fran Dalton spent her Saturday sitting at a table inside the Garfield Park Lodge, greeting neighbors interested in making the city safer. On the table in front of her, ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - An ordinance will go into effect in San Diego Thursday requiring gun owners to store their weapons in a locked container or disable them with a trigger lock when not in use. City ...