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September 4, 2025
Win a Winchester Safe During NSSF’s Gun Storage Check Week
Enter free at GunStorageCheck.org
WASHINGTON, D.C.—During Gun Storage Check Week’s September 1-7 observance, NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, invites people to enter the Gun Storage Check Week® Sweepstakes for a chance to win a Winchester Safes Bandit 19 full-size safe.
Gun Storage Check Week is a national campaign that reminds gun owners and their families to check on their firearm storage practices to ensure that unauthorized persons—an unsupervised child, someone with suicidal thoughts or a thief—cannot access an unsecured gun. The campaign’s slogan is “Make Sure It’s Secure®.”
“We thank Winchester Safes for its generous donation of a full-size gun safe to the Gun Storage Check Week Sweepstakes,” said Bill Brassard, NSSF Senior Director, Communications, who oversees Gun Storage Check Week. “The Bandit 19 safe symbolizes how we can secure and protect our firearms from unwanted access.”
NSSF is observing Gun Storage Check Week during National Suicide Prevention Month in September to bring attention to how locked storage can help prevent suicide. “Hiding guns on shelves or in nightstands is not secure storage,” Brassard said. “Many storage options in a range of affordability exist for home and vehicle storage needs, including devices like lock boxes that allow for quick access. Developing safe storage habits that are rigorously followed can prevent guns from being used in a way that no one wants—an accident, suicide or theft.”
NSSF is dedicated to informing firearm owners and their families about steps they can take to help prevent suicide by firearm or other means. These steps include:
- understanding that suicide is preventable
- trusting your gut to reach out to someone you’re worried about
- knowing the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline to call/text/chat if you or someone you know is struggling, and
- storing guns securely to prevent access by someone with suicidal thoughts. The latter can include using gun safes and lock boxes, giving the key or combination to a safe to a friend or temporarily storing the firearm outside the home, making sure you follow all applicable firearm transfer laws in your state.
More information on firearm storage and suicide prevention is available at GunStorageCheck.org.
And don’t forget to enter to win a Winchester Safes Bandit 19 safe!
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About NSSF
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is the trade association for the firearm industry. Its mission is to promote, protect and preserve hunting and the shooting sports. Formed in 1961, NSSF has a membership of thousands of manufacturers, distributors, firearm retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen’s organizations and publishers nationwide. For more information, log on to www.nssf.org.
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Media contact:
Bill Brassard
203-426-1320 ext. 212
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