Store It Safe is a unique partnership of healthcare providers, firearm safety experts, and community organizations established to keep children safe from unintentional firearm deaths and teens safe from suicide by firearms. Young children are often curious and will touch anything, while teens are still learning to control impulses. Our goal is to inform families of risks so they can keep their children safe.
In response to unintentional firearm injury to children, Ohio AAP leadership established the Store It Safe program in 2015. The program brought together organizations and individuals with different viewpoints about firearms to develop unified, nonpartisan messaging, resources, and approaches to reduce unintentional firearm injuries and deaths in children, then expanded to address suicides by firearms in adolescents. Over the years, the program has grown to include a wide variety of education, advocacy, quality improvement and community initiatives.
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