Each year the focus turns to placing a spotlight on protecting our children through common sense gun laws. It's not political, but more about stemming the tide of gun violence while also respecting the rights of law-abiding gun owners. Here are a few facts and a 1-minute way to help:
❤️ Preventing school shootings isn’t the only thing to consider when it comes to protecting children. Between 2009 and 2019, approximately 14,000 children died by gunfire in America. More than a third of those kids died by suicide, and six percent died in accidental shoot. There was one commonality in these cases: access to unlocked and loaded guns in the house.
❤️ The Rand Corporation estimates that safe-storage laws could reduce the number of deaths in America by 6%. Based on an annual number of about 40,000 gun deaths, that could translate to 2,400 lives saved every year.
👉 One of the most popular commonsense gun control laws would require gun owners to keep their weapons secured and away from children, thieves (an estimated 380,000 guns are stolen every year, according to one study), and others who shouldn’t have access to them. Consider adding your name in support:
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