Support. Research indicates that strong firearm child access prevention laws decrease unintentional shootings, suicides, and school shootings. States with secure storage or child access prevention laws had the lowest rate of injury or death from unintentional child shootings. Virginia PTA supports annual parent notification, and work to raise awareness of safe firearm storage practices.

I am a member of Virginia Moms for Change. We support SB225 and schools providing parental notification of the responsibility of safe storage of firearms. We support SB484: Community violence prevention program for 8th graders in Roanoke City Public Schools and Petersburg City Public Schools."

I am a member of Virginia Moms for Change and we support SB225 and schools providing parental notification of the responsibility of safe storage of firearms. Expanding awareness and education around safe storage has the potential to prevent accidental shootings by children as well as reduce child and adolescent suicide. The responsibility to keep children safe from firearms in the home falls on adults. Responsible gun owners should support this measure.

I am a member of Virginia Moms for Change. We support SB225 and schools providing parental notification of the responsibility of safe storage of firearms.

I support SB225 and think that schools should notify parents and remind them of their responsibilities to safely store firearms. Research from a 2019 study shows that 1 and 3 youth suicides and unintentional deaths can be prevented by securely storing guns. I support SB484 and programs that help prevent violence in our communities.

I am part of Virginia Moms for Change, a gun violence prevention organization. We are HUGE fans of safe storage and this bill. It is a phenomenal way to share life-saving information. We support this bill!!