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Firearms and Your Young Child. Protection at Home and Away. • There are approximately 300 million privately-owned firearms in the United States • 40 to 45% of American households have firearms • Even if there are no guns in your home, the chances are that you know someone who has them. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Firearms and Your Young ChildProtection at Home and Away
• There are approximately 300 million privately-owned firearms in the United States
• 40 to 45% of American households have firearms
• Even if there are no guns in your home, the chances are that you know someone who has them.
Life Lessons
• Some lessons we can permit children to learn on their own when they bear the consequences of their choices.
• Others are too dangerous for us to allow children to experience for themselves; we teach them in advance how to keep themselves safe.
The First Levelof Protection:
Your Own Safe Gun-Handling Skills
Four Cardinal Rules of Safety
1. All guns are loaded
Four Cardinal Rules of Safety
1. All guns are loaded
2. Finger off trigger
Four Cardinal Rules of Safety
1. All guns are loaded
2. Finger off trigger
3. Muzzle awareness
Four Cardinal Rules of Safety
1. All guns are loaded
2. Finger off trigger
3. Muzzle awareness
4. Target identification
Additional Safety Rules
1. Never sweep yourself or anyone else with the muzzle of your firearm
2. Never hand anyone else a loaded firearm or take a loaded firearm from someone else
3. Always be sure of your firearm’s condition before handling it
Additional Safety Rules
4. Always lay a gun down with the barrel pointed in a safe direction
5. Never try to catch a dropped firearm
6. Always wear safety gear when practicing (eye protection, ear protection, ball cap)
The Second Levelof Protection:
Securing Your Firearms
RecreationalFirearms
Recreational Firearms
1. Always unload
Recreational Firearms
1. Always unload
2. Immediate, secure storage
Recreational Firearms
1. Always unload
2. Immediate, secure storage
3. Carefully re-check condition upon removal from storage
DefensiveFirearms
Defensive Firearms
• Pistols
An appropriate holster:
• Properly fitted
• Trigger covered
• Reinforced opening
GunVaultPistol Storage
Defensive Firearms
• Pistols
• Shotguns
ShotLockTM Shotgun Storage
The Third Levelof Protection:
The Fundamentals
“Whether or not we own guns ourselves, we know that self-example and banning of a material object is likewise not enough to protect our children from situations where the forbidden object is offered to them. As with drugs, safety with guns requires preparation for social contact scenarios.”
- Massad Ayoob
Four Gun Rules for Kids
If you see a gun:
1. STOP!
Four Gun Rules for Kids
If you see a gun:
1. STOP!
2. Don’t touch it.
Four Gun Rules for Kids
If you see a gun:
1. STOP!
2. Don’t touch it.
3. Leave the area.
Four Gun Rules for Kids
If you see a gun:
1. STOP!
2. Don’t touch it.
3. Leave the area.
4. Tell a responsible adult AND
your parents.
W W Y D ?
The Fourth Levelof Protection:
Making Your FirearmsPart of the Family
Circle of
Trust
The Fifth Levelof Protection:
Gun-Proofing Your Child
The Most Reliable Security Method
“If we cannot keep our children away from guns, if we cannot make every gun they might ever come near childproof, only one solution remains.
Instead of childproofing guns, we must gunproof the children.”
-Massad Ayoob
Four Cardinal Rules of Safety
(yes… again!)
ALL guns are loaded!
Finger off the trigger!
Muzzle awareness!
Know your target!
Four Cardinal Rules of Safety
1. All guns are loaded
2. Finger off trigger
3. Muzzle awareness
4. Target identification
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“[Children] crave three things: power, responsibility, and prestige.”
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