Gun Locks Lock It For Love
Scroll down for English and Spanish gun lock instructional videos.
10,000 Locks!
Since July 2017, the GGS Lock It For Love program has given out more than 10,000 gun locks at 357 community events to residents of 366 ZIP codes by 160 volunteers adding up to 2700 volunteer hours.
The first LIFL distribution was 67 locks on July 29, 2017, at a Swope Health Health Fair.
Thank you to all of the supporters, volunteers and partners who have made this milestone possible to help make the community safer to support freedom from gun violence in our community.
A single gun lock can save a life
Lock It For Love (LIFL) is the Grandparents for Gun Safety signature program. Since 2017, GGS has distributed thousands of free high-quality locks to adults who say they could use a gun lock and GGS provided safe firearm storage educational materials at events throughout the Kansas City metro. A simple gun lock can prevent a curious child, despondent teen, or even an older adult with dementia from accessing and firing a gun, preventing potential death or injury. According to the Journal of American Medical Association, 7 million American children live in homes with at least one loaded and unlocked gun.
Lock It For Love volunteers
Lock It For Love was modeled on the success of a program developed by St. Louis-based Women’s Voices Raised for Social Justice. The program has trained more than 80 volunteers. They participate at social service agency events, area hospitals, community gatherings and suicide prevention programs throughout the Kansas City metro area. Volunteers offer free, high-quality gun locks plus information about safe gun storage.
Gun lock demonstrations
GGS collaborates with more than a dozen police departments on both sides of the Missouri and Kansas state line. Our volunteers are often accompanied by a police officer who demonstrates how to use the lock correctly. Together, they answer questions about storing firearms safely.
See how Lock It For Love gun locks work.
To learn how a gun lock works. Watch this short video featuring Capt. Osvaldo Navarro, a KCKPD Community Liaison. (Spanish video available below)