For Community Organizations

You Know Your Community Best

Every community has different trusted messengers, ways of communicating, and spaces for people to gather. The discussion about secure gun storage can look different based on whether it’s happening in a rural town or urban city — but the role it plays in keeping your kids, families, and neighborhoods safe matters in every place, every time.

Approximately 3 million American children witness gun violence every year.

Source: Everytown Research analysis of David Finkelhor et al., “Prevalence of Childhood Exposure to Violence, Crime, and Abuse: Results from the National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence,” JAMA Pediatrics 169, no. 8 (August 2015): 746–54, https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.0676. Everytown’s analysis derives the 3 million number by multiplying the share of children (ages 0 to 17) who are exposed to shootings per year (4 percent) by the total child population of the US in 2016 (~73.5 million).

Our Impact

Our denomination's partnership with Be SMART has let me lead scores of seminars for clergy and lay leaders on secure gun storage. The resources are approachable and non-political — churches often ask for materials to keep on hand.