Wake County weighs plan to educate students’ families on safe gun storage [Video]

Check your child’s folders and bookbags! Wake County students could soon bring home information on safe gun storage.

The Wake County Board of Education is set to meet Tuesday afternoon for a work session to review a draft resolution focused on safe gun storage, according to an online agenda.

The opening line of the resolution reads: “Evidence strongly suggests that secure firearm storage is an essential component to any effective strategy to keep schools and students safe.”

The resolution concludes with an action item that says the district would provide families with information and resources about the importance of secure gun storage and the legal consequences for not doing so.

In the past year, at least three adults have been charged after a student brought a gun into a Wake County school.

In February, the mother of a Wendell Middle School was charged for storing a firearms in a manner making it accessible to a minor.

In September, charges were filed against a …