As he watched news coverage of last week’s school shooting in Oregon, Effingham County Sheriff Jimmy McDuffie saw the need to remind the community that his office provides gun locks free of charge. In the latest school shooting in the U.S., Jared Padgett, 15, killed a fellow student and injured a teacher before taking his own life at his high school near Portland. The shots were fired with a rifle Padgett took from his father’s home.
Gun locks are key
Sheriff urges residents to keep their guns safe