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How We Fix This
The coronavirus pandemic has inspired grassroots efforts to promote safe gun storage.
Ricochet
Even in small-town Ohio, keeping students safe requires constant vigilance — and special attention to the risks posed by firearms.
Gun Safety
A new survey finds that California gun owners are only half as likely to store their firearms loaded and unlocked as the average American gun owner.
Safe Storage
One of the most significant and least appreciated splits among gun owners may concern how they store their firearms. There is what they believe is the best way to stow a gun: Unloaded, and locked up. And then there is…
Missing Pieces
A proposed ballot initiative in the Beaver State would require gun owners to lock up their weapons — and be liable if their unsecured firearms are stolen and used to harm others.
More than two million guns have been reported stolen in the last decade.
Concealed Carry
The finding comes as the NRA is endorsing state bills to make licensing and instruction optional for concealed carriers.
National Rifle Association
Children have a hard time keeping their hands off, even if they have received the NRA’s 'Eddie Eagle' training.
The Gunfighters
Lisa Monroe says Eddie Eagle was never intended to be a substitute for safe storage laws.
"When a child sustains this type of injury, the amount of damage is increased exponentially.”
Community Violence
Another 30 were shot but survived. In most cases, someone in their own family pulled the trigger.
Drivers who transport unsecured firearms introduce dangerous risks, especially when a curious child is in tow.
A new study concludes that intervention efforts that give participants equipment to properly store their firearms show the most promise.
Data
A murder-suicide rocks an Arizona high school, and illustrates what research has found about children’s access to deadly weapons.
During the first half of the 2015-2016 academic year, students have toted at least 135 firearms into U.S. schools.
