CHICAGO — Support for a gun education and safety lock program has the Lake County Prosecutor’s Office looking for help from the county council in accepting donations to launch the effort. Bernie Johnsen, supervising deputy prosecutor, said since Indiana changed its gun laws in 2023 enabling easy access to firearms for almost anybody, there has been a substantial number of accidental shootings of children. “The statute has changed and almost anybody can have a gun,” Johnsen said. Many gun owners have no training and do not fully understand how their weapons work. “Some of the people don’t under…