To address gun violence, the Los Angeles County Office of Violence Prevention is offering 60,000 free gun safety locks to the public, no questions asked.

The free gun safety locks will be available at six county medical facilities including Los Angeles General Medical Center, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center, Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center and High Desert Regional Health Center. Later this year, gun safety locks will also be made available at Los Angeles County libraries.

A child is killed or injured by gun violence every 30 hours in L.A. County. Many of the deaths and injuries involve guns that were left loaded and unlocked. In 2022, L.A. County experienced more than 300 suicides involving firearms.

“Far too many families have experienced the terrible pain of losing a child or teen-ager to gun violence,” L.A. County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said. “In a number of these cases, the simple act of locking and safely storing firearms would have prevented a tragedy.”

For information, visit lockedandunloaded.org.