CHAMBER FLAG PROCEDURES: • Remove magazine from the firearm. cchiildd • Completely clear the handgun and lock the slide to the rear. safety

• Examine the magazine and chamber to assure no live ammunition.

• Place the chamber flag in the empty chamber and release the slide.

• Insert a loaded magazine in the Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security weapon. Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security PO BOX 945 Promoting safe firearm • If the firearm is needed Nashville, TN 37202 in an emergency, it [email protected] handling and storage practices among all firearm merely requires www.tn.gov/safety/handgunmain.shtml charging the weapon owners, especially those with children. (pulling the slide back Tennessee Department of Safety, Authorization No. 349522, 50,000 copies, January 2013. This public document was and releasing). promulgated at a cost of $.04 per copy. SAFE HOME ChambLerO flagCs areK sm allI, iTnex!pensive items used as an added safety measure while transporting and storing CHECKLIST semiautomatic handguns. Place a flag Your firearm is YOUR in an empty chamber as a visual re*s ponsibility at all times. confirmation that the chamber is clear. Firearms are unloaded CHAMBER FLAGS and* se curely stored in a location sARtE NOTo LOCpKS OR ! inaccessible to children and SECURITY DEVICES. other unauthorized persons.

THE DEPARTMENT STRESSES THE LEVELS OF HANDGUN SECURITY Sporting firearms are MINIMUM SECURITY OF CHAMBER unlo*ad ed before being brought FLAGS. WHILE NOT A REPLACEMENT 1. Unloaded weapon, into the home and never loaded FOR SAFES, CASES, OR OTHER while in the home. SECURITY DEVICES, THESE “PLUGS” locked in a gun safe ARE MERELY A DETERRENT AND THE FIRST LEVEL OF LIMITING EXPOSURE 2. Unloaded weapon When firearms are removed TO SMALL CHILDREN. with cable and/or *fr om storage, always carefully trigger lock check to confirm that they If the firearm is not in direct control, the are unloaded. owner must absolutely ensure that it is 3. Unloaded weapon, inaccessible to a child. The department chamber flagged and Ammunition is stored has begun distributing these items to made inaccessible under lock and key, gun owners at gun shows across the * state. We demonstrate a wide variety of separately from firearms. security devices (suggested below) 4. Loaded weapon, cleared, chamber The firearm owner’s manual GUN SAFES, TRIGGER LOCKS, flagged, and made m*u st be read and understood. HAND GUN SAFES, CABLE LOCKS inaccessible