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CMV: Firearms should be required by law to be locked when being stored or not in use.

I believe that states should require gun owners to lock their firearms when they are not being used (often referred to as Safe Storage Laws). Locking can include trigger locks, barrel guards, lock boxes/safes, etc. To me, keeping guns locked seems like the responsible action to take as a gun owner. For example, evidence provided in 2016 showed that in Pittsburgh alone 79% of crimes involving firearms were committed by someone who did not own the weapon. There is plenty of global evidence that supports safe storage laws including suicide by firearm rate reduction.

This is for a psychology assignment so I am open to all opinions. I only ask that the conversations remain civil.
gpt
Not everything that is a good idea should be required by law.

For starters, firearm deaths are way down on the list of death causes.  Let's start with heart disease and cancer.  We could do save far more lives by making it illegal to sell, make or eat high cholesterol foods.  Same with cancer and tobacco products.

Now let's think about enforcement.  Are the cops going to come into people's homes to check compliance?  If so, let's have them check for smoke detectors, carbon monoxide and faulty wiring (and make those all illegal too while we are at it).

At root, we have criminalized enough in our society.  We have too many people in jail.  Try another way of encouraging people to do what's right on this one.  Public awareness campaigns, gun lock giveaways, etc.