But it's something we must commit to change. Fifth, we're educating the public and encouraging safe and responsible ownership of guns. We're reminding people that, while they have a right to protect their family and home with a gun - they also have a responsibility to protect their family from their gun. At these events neighbors have turned in more than 1,000 unwanted guns. Equally important, gun owners have received more than 1,500 free trigger locks.
Police officers offer gun safety demonstrations.
Many of these events have been organized with the help of our local crime-watch by people like Councilwoman Carmen Caldwell, Mimi Sutherland and Merle Hall who are here tonight. We've also galvanized the support of local media who are airing public service announcements, doing investigative stories on gun sellers and exposing the NRA's campaign of misinformation on Revision 12. Finally, we've partnered with our corporate community to distribute trigger-locks and raise awareness of the deadly mix of children and guns through a countywide billboard campaign. With common-sense messages like the fact that it is easier for a child to empty a gun than a bottle of aspirin. In Miami-Dade we've also begun tracing every weapon recovered at a crime scene.