Crime & Safety
Gun Owners, Lock Them Up: CMPD
Almost 400 guns have been stolen out of vehicles in the Charlotte area already this year.
CHARLOTTE, NC – Listen up gun owners, the police have a simple request of you: lock them up.
Almost 400 guns have been reported stolen from cars in the Charlotte metro area this year along, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said Wednesday.
The data from recent years is even more staggering. Since 2014, at least 1,700 guns have been reported stolen from vehicles in the metro region.
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“Owning a gun comes with responsibility and a big part of it involves safeguarding the weapon,” CMPD said in a statement. (Get Patch real-time email alerts for the latest news in Charlotte — or other neighborhoods. And iPhone users: Check out Patch's new app.)
To help curb handgun thefts, CMPD is distributing 100 vehicle gun safes to community members who legally own a gun.
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Hyatt Gun Shop is also offering area residents vehicle gun safes at cost, for $23, CMPD said.
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