Secure your guns and learn important safety tips
Prevention Institute Full Recommendations for Preventing Gun Violence
Safe or lock boxes for handguns
Locked gun safe for rifles
Gun trigger locks
Lock box for ammunition
The Be SMART campaign was launched in 2015 to promote responsible gun ownership in order to reduce child gun deaths. Whether you’re a gun owner, or you know someone who owns a gun, there is a role for everyone in the conversation around secure gun storage. Be SMART is a framework that parents, caretakers, and community leaders can follow to help keep their communities safe.
End Family Fire is a movement to promote responsible gun ownership through the practice of safe gun storage.
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Fact: Over 3,000 children die each year in the U.S. from a firearm injury.
Fact: In children ages 10-19, approximately 4 in 10 of those deaths are suicide by gun.
Please lock all your guns when children are in the household
Fact: Hiding guns does not save children. 75% of children who live in homes with guns know where they are stored.