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.
Compared to other countries, American children are 12 times more likely to be killed by a gun, including 9 times more likely to die of an accidental gun injury and 10 times more likely to die of a gun suicide.
In response to the unacceptable rate of firearm injury to children, the Ohio AAP established the Partnership for the Safety of Children Around Firearms in 2015. Since that year, unintentional firearm injury has impacted children in more than 25% of Ohio’s counties. Discussion around gun safety has historically been emotional and not productive between organizations and citizens, with many opportunities to improve counseling by pediatricians to encourage families to practice safer behaviors. The Partnership brings together organizations and individuals, with different viewpoints about firearms, to develop unified messaging, resources, and approaches to reduce unintentional gun injuries and deaths in children, and suicides by firearms in adolescents.
What is Store It Safe?
Store It Safe Family Fact Sheet
Store It Safe Family Fact Sheet – Spanish
Store It Safe Family Fact Sheet – Somali
Important information for families about unintentional injuries by firearms
Store It Safe Introduction Video
Store It Safe Injury Prevention
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