Possession of a gun does not guarantee protection to your family, rather a gun in the home has been shown to increase the risk for death from getting in the hands of an inquisitive child, or depressed or angry teen or adult.
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Before you Obtain a Gun..
- Consider more effective and less dangerous ways to keep your family safe, such as burglar alarms, locking gates, window locks, dogs, etc.
- Remember, that guns in the home are 22-times more likely to kill or injure a family member or friend, than to be used for self-defense (Kellermann, et al, 1992)
- Be properly trained to use it safely
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Responsibility of Owning a Gun...
- Remember children have difficulty knowing whether a gun is real or a toy. Therefore guns should always be locked up in a place where children do not have access
- Guns should be always be stored unloaded and in a locked place such as a gun safe
- Bullets should always be locked in a place separate from where guns are stored.
- Trigger Locks are recommended as an additional safety measure (read more about Trigger Locks)
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Teach Your Children About The Dangers of Guns...
- Talk with your children to teach them that guns are very dangerous and they must never touch them without your permission
- Talk with your children to let them know that if they ever find a gun to never touch it and tell an adult
- Tell your children that if they know of someone who is carrying a gun at school to tell an adult
- Talk with your children to teach them that the violence on television and movies are not real and that violence in real-life is where people can get hurt
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