Mayor Brandon Scott, wearing a pink shirt, stands at a podium with news microphones attached to it. He delivers a press conference inside of a library, with shelves of books in the background.
Mayor Brandon Scott announces free gun locks and safes will be distributed at five Enoch Pratt Library branches. Photo credit: Scott Maucione/WYPR News.

A partnership between Johns Hopkins University and the city of Baltimore will provide free gun locks and safes to residents at five library locations as part of Mayor Brandon Scott’s Comprehensive Violence Prevention Plan.

The locks are provided to anyone who is over the age of 18 and are funded through a federal grant worth nearly $250,000.

The branches handing out locks and safes include:

  • Southeast Anchor (3601 Eastern Ave.)
  • Central (400 Cathedral St.)
  • Cherry Hill (606 Cherry Hill Road)
  • Hamilton (5910 Harford Road)
  • Walbrook (3203 W. North Ave.)

Read more (and listen) at WYPR.

One reply on “Baltimore city starts program to hand out free gun locks and safes at libraries”

  1. I called the Balto. County Public Library. No gun safes in any BCPL, some locks. Called Enoch Pratt Library Baltimore City. No safes, or locks. All hype!

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