Family Safety Check-In
Section 1 - Get Started
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Section 1 - Get Started
Section 1 - Get Started
Section 1 - Get Started
Section 2 - Learn
- Understand why you each answered the way you did.
- Get on the same page about what matters most to each of you, and decide what you will prioritize as a family.
Section 2 - Learn
Did you know?
Young children are more likely than their parents realize to know the location of firearms in the house, with one study finding that 75% of children under the age of 10 knew where firearms were stored.
Section 2 - Learn
Did you know?
Among children under 10 who live in a home with a firearm, 30% have handled a firearm in their home. A number of studies have shown that children will pick up and handle a firearm, including pulling the trigger, when one is found.
Section 2 - Learn
Did you know?
Most parents with firearms believe that their child could distinguish between a toy firearm and a real firearm. This matters because nearly 90% of unintentional/accidental firearm deaths occur in the home when children are playing with loaded firearms without parents present.
Section 2 - Learn
Did you know?
In households with firearms in which the parent reported the child did not have access, more than 30% of adolescents 13-17 reported they could get access to the firearm within an hour.
Section 2 - Learn
Did you know?
Each year nearly one in five of teens seriously consider suicide, and one in ten make at least one suicide attempt. Only a minority of teens who attempt suicide have received a mental health diagnosis or mental health treatment and only one in four have shared their intentions prior to the attempt.
Section 2 - Learn
Did you know?
Firearms are used in more than half of adolescent suicide deaths. Suicide attempts are often impulsive, and the main thing that distinguishes those who survive from those who die is a loaded firearm in the home since nine out of ten suicide attempts with a firearm result in death.
Section 3 - Reflect
Did you know?
A survey of US parents found that parents in the same household weren’t always on the same page about how many firearms were in the house and how they were stored.
Section 3 - Reflect
Did you know?
Other households have found it useful to have occasional check-ins about their plan to decide if any changes are needed.
Firearms are more likely to be stored safely when there's a plan about firearm storage. Firearms are more likely to be stored safely in families where the adults in the home are involved together in making a plan about firearm storage. The most important thing is that you and your partner get on the same page about this important topic. Firearms are more likely to be stored safely in families where the adults in the home are involved together in making a plan about firearm storage. The most important thing is that you and the other adult(s) in your home get on the same page about this important topic.
Firearms are more likely to be stored safely when there's a plan about firearm storage. Firearms are more likely to be stored safely in families where the adults in the home are involved together in making a plan about firearm storage. The most important thing is that you and your partner get on the same page about this important topic. Firearms are more likely to be stored safely in families where the adults in the home are involved together in making a plan about firearm storage. The most important thing is that you and the other adult(s) in your home get on the same page about this important topic.
Section 3 - Reflect
- Share the questions you just answered — see how their answers compare to yours.
- Talk through what’s most important to you when it comes to firearm safety. Learn what’s most important to your partner. Its pretty likely child safety is important to both of you, so that’s a great starting point. Then you can work together to make sure you can keep your children safe while also using firearms the way your family wants.Learn what’s most important to the other adult in your home. Its pretty likely child safety is important to both of you, so that’s a great starting point. Then you can work together to make sure you can keep your children safe while also using firearms the way your family wants.
Section 3 - Reflect
Discuss:
Why did you choose that answer?
What explains the difference between our answers? Is there any information that would be helpful for us to learn to get on the same page?
Section 3 - Reflect
Discuss:
Why did you choose that answer?
What explains the difference between our answers? Is there any information that would be helpful for us to learn to get on the same page?
Section 4 - Plan
Start a conversation:
To start a conversation with your partner, here are some tips:
- Share the questions you just answered — see how their answers compare to yours.
- Talk through what’s most important to you when it comes to firearm safety. Learn what’s most important to your partner. It's pretty likely child safety is important to both of you, so that’s a great starting point.
Start a conversation:
To start a conversation with the other adult in your home, here are some tips:
- Share the questions you just answered — see how their answers compare to yours.
- Talk through what’s most important to you when it comes to firearm safety. Learn what’s most important to the other adult in your home. Its pretty likely child safety is important to both of you, so that’s a great starting point. Then you can work together to make sure you can keep your children safe while also using firearms the way your family wants.
Make a plan:
- What firearms does your family have?
- For each firearm, how is it stored right now?
- Is there a way to store it more securely while still using it the way you want?
- What’s the next step to make that change?
Here are storage options used by other firearm owners in your situation:
- Some are equipped with rapid pushbutton locks
- Can transfer key to a trusted person
- Whole box Can be stolen or taken apart
- Too small for some firearms
- Can store guns of many sizes
- Strongest form of security, difficult to steal
- Large, needs to fit in home
- Cannot change combination on dial safes
- Other safety measures (like a locking device or disassembly) can be added
- Easy to use with most firearms
- Some firearms must be unloaded to use
- Some may be easy to break
- Key needs to be kept separate
- Available for FREE via Project ChildSafe
- Works with all types of firearms
- Can give most parts to other people without background checks
- Some firearms cannot be easily disassembled
- Quick and easy to get the firearm out of the house
- Firearm is stored with a person you trust
- Some people are not allowed to possess firearms
- States have different laws about person-to-person transfers
- They are a trusted part of your firearms community
- Some shops may provide pick-up services
- Some shops will not store firearms
- May run a background check
- Some will store a firearm temporarily
- May run a background check
- They are a trusted part of your firearms community
- A range may provide private lockers
- Some ranges will not store firearms
- May run a background check
- Does not require a background check
- Renter decides who should hold the key
- Some facilities will not store firearms
We thank Dr. Marian Betz for permission to adapt content from the Lock to Live decision aid Betz ME, Knoepke CE, Siry B, Clement A, Azrael D, Ernestus S, Matlock DD. Inj Prev. 2018 Oct 13. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2018-042944.
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