How to ask for Guns where your kids play (or visit)

(Gun safety and kids)

Some questions are super-weird or awkward to ask.

But when it comes to the safety of our kids, getting used to weird could be the option.

๐€๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐†๐”๐๐’ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ค๐ข๐โ€™๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ. In line with National Ask Day, there are so many reasons to de-stigmatize asking about these.

๐Ÿ˜” Recently, a toddler in Florida shot his mom while she was on a zoom meeting. To this toddler, it was probably another toy. Unfortunately, it wasnโ€™t. (my heart goes out to the family including this kid who has to remember this trauma)

๐Ÿ˜”  This is not the first case I or any other ER physician has seen. Kids can handle guns and pull a trigger and most of the time, not for the reason you adults do.  Even when your child has been taught about safety around guns, other families may not be on the same page. An example is that of Noah Melton who was shot by a peer during a sleepover

๐Ÿ”ซ The truth is, 1 in 3 homes with kids in US have a gun and most of these are loaded and unlocked

๐Ÿ”ซ Nearly 40% of all unintentional shooting deaths among children 11-14 years of age occur in the home of a friend

๐Ÿ˜” I spoke to Popsugar about how to ask for Guns where your kids play. Go read on the link

  

See below a downloadable pdf (no email required) version of some ways we discussed and more..

14 ways you can gently ask for guns in homes your kids play.

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