Wake schools to vote on new safe gun storing initiative
The CDC says 156 North Carolina children and teens die each year from gunfire, most in their own homes. Often times, it's the result of a child gaining access to a family member's firearm.
On Tuesday, a new initiative to help keep your child safe from guns at school is up for approval in Wake County schools.
The Wake County Board of Education has drafted a resolution focused on safe gun storage and today they could vote to adopt that resolution.
Sheriff Willie Rowe along with other law enforcement agent will join school leaders today to discuss the importance of educating families about "locking it up."
The main action item on the draft is a plan that would provide families with information and resources about the importance of secure gun storage several times a school year and the legal consequences for not doing so. That could be in newsletters or by other methods.
This comes as the State Department of Public Safety launched a campaign for safe gun storage called N.C. SAFE.
In the past year, at least three adults have been charged after a student brought a gun into a Wake County school.
