Studies on Child Access Prevention and Safe Storage Laws
The Safe Tennessee Project is dedicated to reducing gun violence in Tennessee, especially those shootings that are the result of child gaining access to a loaded, unsecured gun.
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Another Tennessee Child Unintentionally Shot With An Irresponsibly Stored Gun
Friday afternoon in Lebanon, a 10-year-old boy unintentionally shot himself with his parent’s loaded, unlocked gun. The boy’s older brother called 911. The children’s parents were not home. The boy was last listed in stable condition but faces multiple surgeries. The shooting in Memphis came just over a month after the last accidental shooting involving a child. On March 27th
Read moreSince Sandy Hook, an American kid under 12 has died by a gun every other day
by Mike Brunker and Polly DeFrank (excerpted from MSNBC.com) There are at least 554 reasons to ask whether American children are safer from gun violence today than they were three years ago, when the unthinkable happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School. That’s how many kids under the age of 12 have died from gunshots — both intentional and accidental — since
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