Posted on Dec 9, 2023
How to keep kids safe from guns in the home : Life Kit
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If you think your kid doesn't know you own a gun or doesn't know where you keep it in your house, think again, says Dr. Lois Lee, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Boston Children's Hospital. It's like trying to hide holiday gifts from children, she adds. Kids can figure out where they are.
To keep children safe from firearms at home, make sure they can't accidentally handle them or use them, says Lee, who is also chair of the Council on Injury, Violence and Poison Prevention at the American Academy of Pediatrics. That might mean storing your gun outside your house, getting a gun safe or locking your firearm.
If you think your kid doesn't know you own a gun or doesn't know where you keep it in your house, think again, says Dr. Lois Lee, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Boston Children's Hospital. It's like trying to hide holiday gifts from children, she adds. Kids can figure out where they are.
To keep children safe from firearms at home, make sure they can't accidentally handle them or use them, says Lee, who is also chair of the Council on Injury, Violence and Poison Prevention at the American Academy of Pediatrics. That might mean storing your gun outside your house, getting a gun safe or locking your firearm.
How to keep kids safe from guns in the home : Life Kit
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Keep guns out of the house
The best way to prevent gun-related injuries to children is to remove guns from the home, according to the AAP. Some gun shops and shooting ranges offer firearm storage, says Lee — so see if you can keep your gun there instead of inside your house.
Store the firearm and ammunition separately
If you choose to keep your firearm at home, store the ammunition and the unloaded firearm in separate gun safes, says Lee. That can make it more difficult for a child to access and use a gun.
In fact, one study published in JAMA found that families who stored their ammunition and unloaded firearms in separate gun safes had an 85% lower risk of unintentional firearm injuries among kids and teens, compared to those who locked neither.
Lee recommends getting a biometric gun safe. They tend to be pricier than traditional safes, but they are more secure. Unlike a key safe or a combination safe, which can be opened by anyone who has the key or combination, biometric safes can only be accessed with the biometrics (like fingerprints or eye scans) of the authorized user."...
..."Keep guns out of the house
The best way to prevent gun-related injuries to children is to remove guns from the home, according to the AAP. Some gun shops and shooting ranges offer firearm storage, says Lee — so see if you can keep your gun there instead of inside your house.
Store the firearm and ammunition separately
If you choose to keep your firearm at home, store the ammunition and the unloaded firearm in separate gun safes, says Lee. That can make it more difficult for a child to access and use a gun.
In fact, one study published in JAMA found that families who stored their ammunition and unloaded firearms in separate gun safes had an 85% lower risk of unintentional firearm injuries among kids and teens, compared to those who locked neither.
Lee recommends getting a biometric gun safe. They tend to be pricier than traditional safes, but they are more secure. Unlike a key safe or a combination safe, which can be opened by anyone who has the key or combination, biometric safes can only be accessed with the biometrics (like fingerprints or eye scans) of the authorized user."...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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My father kept a pistol in his night stand in the bedroom and his deer rifle in his closet all without locks. What he did have in the way of security was children who were respectful of other people's property.
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PO1 Gery Bastiani
In a spare bedroom we had a gun rack with two shotguns and two deer rifles. We were taught that they weren't toys and never touched them unless we're going hunting
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