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The issue of firearm violence is being viewed as a public health issue. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Physicians have recommended that physicians play a role in making firearm storage safer by talking about firearm related issues with the children and children’s parents(Hoffman 5). Although this is recommended few U.S. physicians provide counseling on firearm safety. Parent

Parents who keep firearms in the home should understand the potential hazards. American Academy of Family Physicians say that any gun you own is a potential lethal weapon, if not in your hands or your family’s hands, then in someone else’s hands. In Mount Morris Township, Michigan, a six year old boy had a scuffle on the playground. He shot another six year old boy. The boy has not been charged, but the authorities plan on pursuing charges against adults who gave him access to a .32-caliber semiautomatic handgun. This boy is the youngest in a series of deadly school shootings that have happened through out the United States in the past couple of years. Prosecutors across the nation are pressing charges against gun owners who fail to secure their weapons. A Minnesota man who stashed his pistol in a box by his bed is serving up to fifteen years in prison. His son killed a friend while playing with the gun (La Morte 1). A twelve year old girl in Detroit shot her thirteen year old sister in the leg with a handgun. The father who was not at home at the time was charged with second degree child abuse. The twelve year old girl was charged with reckless aiming of a gun.

A second reason parents should be prosecuted for unlocked guns is handlers of firearms, not makers, must keep guns from kids. The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry says, “The best way to protect children against gun violence is to remove all guns from the home.” Parents are making guns accessible to kids which need to stop (Smith 10). Keep all weapons locked in a lock box or safe and store the combination where only an adult can get to it. Hide keys where kids are unable to find them. Store the guns unloaded and lock up any ammunition. Teach your children not to play with or even touch guns. Tell your children if they come across a gun to tell an adult even if it means telling on a friend. Trigger locks are devices that prevent a trigger from being squeezed and prevent a firearm from being fired. They range from ten to twenty dollars and work for all guns. Parent’s reasons for not securing their firearms are that they were hidden so they did not need to be locked. Many parents wanted the gun for protection. Although many gun owners keep a gun for protection, studies show that r

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