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Each year, nearly 360 children under 18 gain access to a gun and
unintentionally shoot themselves or someone else—sometimes fatally. More
than 700 children die by suicide with a gun each year.

That's why keeping guns safely secured and stored away is so important.

Today, we kick off the second annual SMART Week: We're coming together to
spread the word about the critical importance of secure gun storage.
[ [link removed] ]Follow along on our Instagram to help us spread the Be SMART message.

Our Be SMART program is a way to make a difference and save lives by
building awareness of how crucial proper secure storage is to keeping us
all safe.

Our goal is to keep our kids, families, and communities safe. And with
back-to-school season upon us and our kids heading back to school, we
adults have homework.

[ [link removed] ]Image with a child with a pink backpack walking to a school bus that
reads: As summer comes to a close and kids head back to school, adults
have homework, too. Learn how to secure store guns to keep them out of the
hands of children. #BeSMART BeSmartforkids.org/SMART-Week

The most helpful thing adults—gun owners and non-gun owners alike—can do
to keep kids, classrooms, and communities safe from gun violence this
school year is to learn more about secure gun storage.

Be SMART encourages people to:

* Secure all firearms in your home and vehicles
* Model responsible behavior around firearms
* Ask about the presence of unsecured firearms in other homes
* Recognize the role of firearms in suicide
* Tell your peers to Be SMART

A hidden gun isn't a securely stored gun. Securely storing guns means
keeping all guns unloaded, locked up, and stored separately from
ammunition.

[ [link removed] ]Join us on Instagram as we normalize conversations about gun safety and
spread the Be SMART message far and wide. Throughout the week, we will be
sharing how we ALL can be a part of keeping our kids and communities safe.

Thanks for being a part of this movement,

The Be SMART Team

P.S. Want to join our team of volunteers ready to take action and spread
the word on secure storage? Text SMART to 644-33 to start taking action.






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Be SMART is a program of Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, a
non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to understanding and
reducing gun violence in America. Contributions to Everytown for Gun
Safety Support Fund are tax-deductible.
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