Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. is teaming up with Everytown for Gun Safety to host a Gun Lockbox Giveaway on Saturday at War Memorial Plaza.
The giveaway is part of Everytown’s Be SMART campaign, launched a decade ago to promote responsible gun ownership and to reduce child gun-related deaths.
Its core message: “Secure gun storage saves kids’ lives.”
The event comes at a timely moment.
Earlier this week, the nation reeled from a tragic school shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minnesota.
Closer to home, Baltimore scored a legal victory against Hanover Armory, the state’s largest alleged ghost gun dealer.
City officials allege the retailer “flooded the city with ghost guns,” linking them to shootings, homicides, and youth-involved crimes.
A jury ordered Hanover to pay $62 million in damages to Baltimore.
