For Families
When You Love Someone, You Protect Them
When you love a child, parent, or other relative, you’ll do anything to keep them safe. Practicing secure gun storage — or asking others about how they store their firearms — is one way you can keep your loved ones safe, no matter where they are.
360
Every year, nearly 360 children in the US under the age of 18 gain access to a firearm and unintentionally shoot themselves or someone else.
Source: Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, “#NotAnAccident Index,” https://everytownresearch.org/maps/notanaccident/. Average: 2015–2024. See also, Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, “Ten Years of Preventable Tragedies: Findings from the #NotAnAccident Index of Unintentional Shootings by Children,” June 2025, https://everytownresearch.org/report/notanaccident/.
Our Impact
A young mother stopped by our Be SMART table, worried about visiting her parents' home with her curious two-year-old. She knew there were unsecured firearms there. We talked through how she might raise secure storage with her father, a retired police officer, and she left ready to have that conversation.
Jenny R.
Wisconsin
Resources
It’s Good to Be Sure
Whether you own a gun, have relatives who visit with firearms, or are sending a child to another home and want to know how to ask about safety, our Be SMART resources are here to help support you in any circumstance.