February 11, 2022
NEWTOWN, Conn., and RICHMOND, Va. – Guns.com, a leading online firearm retailer, has renewed its sponsorship of the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s (NSSF®) Project ChildSafe® program with a $10,000 donation to help promote the responsible storage of firearms when they are not in use.
“We are so grateful for this continuing support from Guns.com,” said Joe Bartozzi, NSSF’s President and CEO and Chairman of the Project ChildSafe Foundation. “Such support really helps Project ChildSafe expand its message of genuine firearm safety across the country and helps save lives.”
The donation will provide thousands of new gun locks and safety education materials to the Project ChildSafe program. These locks and materials are distributed free to the public through partnerships with law enforcement agencies, hunter education classes, youth programs, community organizations and other partners across the country.
In addition to the donation, Guns.com will also partner with NSSF and Project ChildSafe to make safety information available to its customers through a new safety page on its website and by providing safety materials in product shipping.
“Storing firearms responsibly and securely when they aren’t in use is the absolute best way to prevent firearms accidents and to help keep guns out of the wrong hands,” said Greg Minkler, Guns.com CEO. “As one of the largest retailers of firearms online, we want our customers to take that responsibility as seriously as we do.”
NSSF launched Project ChildSafe in 1999 as a nationwide initiative to promote firearm responsibility and provide safety education to all gun owners. It is the nation’s largest, most comprehensive firearm safety program and is funded almost entirely by NSSF member companies. The centerpiece of the program is its free firearm safety kits, which include a cable-style gun lock and safety brochure, and educational
