Ask about guns to keep your children safe [View All]

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http://news.consumerreports.org/baby/2011/06/ask-about-guns-to-keep-your-children-safe.html

Are your children visiting homes where there are unlocked guns?

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PAX, The Center to Prevent Youth Violence, wants you to ask one other question: does the other family have a gun in their home?

Nationally, 32.6 percent of adults reported that firearms were kept in and around their homes, according to a 2002 survey done by the American Association of Pediatrics. Among respondents who reported having children or youths, the prevalence of unlocked and loaded household firearms ranged from 1 percent in Massachusetts to 13.4 percent in Alabama.

To alert families to the danger of unlocked and loaded household firearms, PAX is renewing its ASK (Asking Saves Kids) campaign on the first day of summer, June 21, to encourage parents to find out whether their child’s friends have guns in their home before sending them for a play date.

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