Welcome to LOK-IT-UP! Our mission is to promote the safety of our communities through increasing safe storage of firearms. Here you will find information on:
the importance of safe storage of firearms
safe storage device options
how to practice safe storage in the home
how to encourage the practice of safe storage in others
Did you know...
In the United States, 31,224 people died in 2007 as a result of firearms; 1,520 were children (age 17 or younger).
In Washington State, 164 children (age 17 or younger) were hospitalized and 94 children died as a result of firearms from 2005 to 2009. During this period, 59 children were hospitalized and 26 died in King County.
In 2009, nearly 25,100 households in King County reported storing loaded and unlocked firearms.
