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Firearms and Your Young Child

Firearms and Your Young Child. Protection at Home and Away. • There are approximately 300 million privately-owned firearms in the United States • 40 to 45% of American households have firearms • Even if there are no guns in your home, the chances are that you know someone who has them.

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Firearms and Your Young Child

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  1. Firearms and Your Young Child Protection at Home and Away

  2. • There are approximately 300 million privately-owned firearms in the United States • 40 to 45% of American households have firearms • Even if there are no guns in your home, the chances are that you know someone who has them.

  3. Life Lessons • Some lessons we can permit children to learn on their own when they bear the consequences of their choices. • Others are too dangerous for us to allow children to experience for themselves; we teach them in advance how to keep themselves safe.

  4. The First Level of Protection: Your Own Safe Gun-Handling Skills

  5. Four Cardinal Rules of Safety 1. All guns are loaded

  6. Four Cardinal Rules of Safety • All guns are loaded • Finger off trigger

  7. Four Cardinal Rules of Safety • All guns are loaded • Finger off trigger • Muzzle awareness

  8. Four Cardinal Rules of Safety • All guns are loaded • Finger off trigger • Muzzle awareness • Target identification

  9. Additional Safety Rules • Never sweep yourself or anyone else with the muzzle of your firearm • Never hand anyone else a loaded firearm or take a loaded firearm from someone else • Always be sure of your firearm’s condition before handling it

  10. Additional Safety Rules 4. Always lay a gun down with the barrel pointed in a safe direction 5. Never try to catch a dropped firearm 6. Always wear safety gear when practicing (eye protection, ear protection, ball cap)

  11. The Second Level of Protection: Securing Your Firearms

  12. RecreationalFirearms

  13. Recreational Firearms Always unload

  14. Recreational Firearms Always unload Immediate, secure storage

  15. Recreational Firearms Always unload Immediate, secure storage Carefully re-check condition upon removal from storage

  16. DefensiveFirearms

  17. Defensive Firearms • Pistols

  18. An appropriate holster: • Properly fitted • Trigger covered • Reinforced opening

  19. GunVault Pistol Storage

  20. Defensive Firearms • Pistols • Shotguns

  21. ShotLockTM Shotgun Storage

  22. The Third Level of Protection: The Fundamentals

  23. “Whether or not we own guns ourselves, we know that self-example and banning of a material object is likewise not enough to protect our children from situations where the forbidden object is offered to them. As with drugs, safety with guns requires preparation for social contact scenarios.” - Massad Ayoob

  24. Four Gun Rules for Kids If you see a gun: • STOP!

  25. Four Gun Rules for Kids If you see a gun: • STOP! 2. Don’t touch it.

  26. Four Gun Rules for Kids If you see a gun: • STOP! 2. Don’t touch it. 3. Leave the area.

  27. Four Gun Rules for Kids If you see a gun: • STOP! 2. Don’t touch it. 3. Leave the area. 4. Tell a responsible adult AND your parents.

  28. WWYD?

  29. The Fourth Level of Protection: Making Your Firearms Part of the Family

  30. Circle of Trust

  31. The Fifth Level of Protection: Gun-Proofing Your Child

  32. The Most Reliable Security Method “If we cannot keep our children away from guns, if we cannot make every gun they might ever come near childproof, only one solution remains. Instead of childproofing guns, we must gunproof the children.” -Massad Ayoob

  33. Four Cardinal Rules of Safety(yes… again!)

  34. ALL guns are loaded!

  35. Finger off the trigger!

  36. Muzzle awareness!

  37. Know your target!

  38. Four Cardinal Rules of Safety All guns are loaded Finger off trigger Muzzle awareness Target identification

  39. www.SafeKidsU.com/contract

  40. “[Children] crave three things: power, responsibility, and prestige.” - Massad Ayoob

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