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1 Keeping Children Safe from Guns. 22  200 million firearms in the U.S.  Your Child will encounter one  Children's friends home  Might find one Children.

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1 1 Keeping Children Safe from Guns

2 22  200 million firearms in the U.S.  Your Child will encounter one  Children's friends home  Might find one Children and Guns

3 33  Limit access to firearms  Teach children to  Stop!  Don't touch  Leave the area  Tell an adult Parents and Children

4 44  In 1992, number one cause of brain injury fatalities in children  A child is killed every two hours with a loaded gun  American problem, with a rate 90 times greater than any other similar country. Half of American households have firearms  Every day, 14 children under the age of 20 are killed  $14,000 to treat the average gun wound Scope of the Problem

5 55  Firearms rarely used for protection  Risk of suicide x 5  Risk of homicide x 3  Playing with a gun  90% of accidental shootings  Guns not locked up. Firearm Usage

6 66  If you have a gun:  Keep it unloaded and locked up  Bullets in a separate location  No access to the keys  Ask for storage advice  Talk to your children  Federal Safety standards Prevention of Firearm Violence

7 77 Children and Guns If you're thinking of mixing children and guns in the same household, there are a few things you should know. Ideas to Avoid –Hiding the gun –Training small children to use guns Real Security –Gun locks –Locked case or safe Accidents With Other People's Guns.

8 88  Safe Children  Safe Gun Storage  Safe Gun Handling  Gun Safety, You Can Make It Happen Safe Children – It’s No Accident

9 9 QUESTIONS?


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