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What Do I Need to Know?
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Gun safety means keeping out of harm’s way anytime a gun is involved. For most people, this means staying away from guns entirely. Those who have been trained to handle a gun will have to learn the more complicated rules of handling a gun safely.
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Gun safety is not just something that young people need to know. Whatever age you are, if you don’t know how to handle a gun properly, you should not be touching one. That said it’s more often children and teens who are hurt in gun accidents. For many, guns seem exciting and cool, and the urge to look at one more closely or to show one off to friends overtakes common sense.
The Eddie Eagle Program designed by the NRA presents the simplest set of steps for anyone to follow when they find a gun:
- Stop
- Don't touch
- Remove yourself from the immediate area
- Tell an adult
If everyone were taught and followed these rules (think about how many people know “stop-drop-and roll”) the incidents of gun accidents would be cut by a lot.
If you do find a gun, tell an adult. If there are younger kids with you, make sure that they stay far away (it may be a good idea to send them to find the adults while you stay with the gun). Most importantly DO NOT TOUCH THE GUN. It can be tempting, but you don’t want to become another senseless statistic.
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39% of people who say they own guns, report that they do not lock them up.
By your high school graduation, you and your friends will have seen, on average, 200,000 violent acts on television (40,000 of those murders).
In the 90’s, 13 kids died EACH DAY from gun accidents.
14 million families own guns.
More than 40,000 students bring guns to school each year.
16,182 kids were injured from BB or pellet guns in 2002.
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