EPD Chief Andy Mills gives a preview of his gun safety educational campaign

On Tuesday, I reported that EPD Chief Andy Mills had pulled the safe storage firearms ordinance, for now and was working instead to educate the public.

He also said he is open to better solutions from the comunity. At the EPD press conference yesterday, Chief Mills spoke passionately about gun safety issues.

I asked him to give me a preview of his educational campaign for gun safety.

Below are his remarks:

We are going to work with the gun dealer community and gun clubs to educate on best practices in the prevention of gun theft.  I have discussed with at least one dealer to offer a discount on safes here in Eureka should people want them.  In the meantime we will continue to monitor gun theft and attempts and compare before with after the campaign.  Further definition will come when we identify how we will promote better gun retention techniques.