Sixty percent of teen deaths by suicide involve the use of a gun. Nearly 3,000 teens use handguns to commit suicide every year. An estimated 400,000 youngsters carried handguns to school in 1987. In Baltimore, half the males reported having taken a gun to high school. We cannot gun-proof our children and adolescents.
Children are playful and active.
Adolescents are curious and impulsive. Such healthy traits when mixed with guns can cause death. The best way to protect children against gun violence is to remove all guns from the home. If parents feel they must have one or more guns in the home, there will always be some dangers. Only the parents should know where the container is located.