TAYLORSVILLE — Some of Salt Lake County’s top law enforcers stood side by side on Wednesday to help promote gun safety.

The group stood with the president and CEO of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, Joe Bartozzi, at the Utah Department of Public Safety’s Bureau of Criminal Identification building to announce the countywide launch of “Project ChildSafe Salt Lake.” About 2,000 gunlocks will be passed out for free at various locations throughout the county as part of the campaign.

Project ChildSafe was founded in 1999 and promotes “safe firearm handling and responsible gun ownership with a focus on securely storing firearms when they’re not in use,” Bartozzi said. The group has passed out free gun locks in all 50 states.

“Secure storage, including the use of gunlocks, is the No. 1

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