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Safe and proper storage is the #1 WAY to prevent unintentional firearm injuries to children.
“Safe and proper storage is the #1 way to prevent firearms accidents at home.”
FirearmsResp15_small_1.pdf (projectchildsafe.org)
An introduction to firearms and suicide prevention | AFSP
1 in 3 homes with children has guns.
“One-third of homes with kids have guns, many left unlocked or loaded”
Is There an Unlocked Gun Where Your Child Plays? – HealthyChildren.org
Gun Violence: Facts and Statistics | Violence Prevention Initiative (chop.edu)
Up to 32% of firearm deaths in children could be prevented by increasing safe and proper storage.
“Safe and proper storage could help prevent up to 32% of firearm deaths in children.”
Association of Increased Safe Household Firearm Storage With Firearm Suicide and Unintentional Death Among US Youths | Adolescent Medicine | JAMA Pediatrics | JAMA Network
Did You Know? 8 out of 10 unintentional firearm deaths of children occur in a home.
“The vast majority of younger children (85%) were killed in a home”
Childhood Firearm Injuries in the United States | American Academy of Pediatrics (aappublications.org)
“80% of unintentional firearm deaths of children under 15 occur in a home”
ask-dcis.pdf (acep.org)
Firearm injuries are the second leading cause of death in children treated by trauma centers.
“Firearm injury is the second leading cause of death in the United States for children and young adults. The risk of unintentional and self-inflicted firearm injury is lower when all household firearms are stored locked.”
Association of Increased Safe Household Firearm Storage With Firearm Suicide and Unintentional Death Among US Youths | Adolescent Medicine | JAMA Pediatrics | JAMA Network
The risk of youth suicide is lower when all household firearms are stored locked…9 out of 10 victims of youth firearm suicide accessed guns from home.
“Firearm injury is the second leading cause of death in the United States for children and young adults. The risk of unintentional and self-inflicted firearm injury is lower when all household firearms are stored locked.”
Association of Increased Safe Household Firearm Storage With Firearm Suicide and Unintentional Death Among US Youths | Adolescent Medicine | JAMA Pediatrics | JAMA Network
“The firearm used in suicides comes from the youth’s home in approximately 9 of 10 deaths”
Association of Increased Safe Household Firearm Storage With Firearm Suicide and Unintentional Death Among US Youths | Adolescent Medicine | JAMA Pediatrics | JAMA Network
“In the past decade, 40% of the suicides committed by kids and teens involved guns. Nine out of 10 of these suicides were with guns that the victims accessed at their own homes or from a relative’s home.”
Guns in the Home – HealthyChildren.org
Securing a firearm is one of the most important steps a parent can take to prevent suicide
Youth Access to Firearms | Means Matter | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Parents Resources – Project ChildSafe
The risk of youth suicide is lower when all household firearms are secured
Youth Access to Firearms | Means Matter | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Parents Resources – Project ChildSafe
