Title: Expressing support for the designation of June 21 as National ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Day to promote children's health and safe storage of guns in the home.
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Expresses support for the designation of National ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Day to encourage parents to ask, before their child visits another home, whether there is an unlocked gun in the home.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 125 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 125

   Expressing support for the designation of June 21 as National ASK 
 (Asking Saves Kids) Day to promote children's health and safe storage 
                          of guns in the home.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2018

Mr. Cicilline (for himself, Mr. Sires, Mr. Blumenauer, Mrs. Carolyn B. 
   Maloney of New York, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jackson Lee, and Mr. Vargas) 
 submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing support for the designation of June 21 as National ASK 
 (Asking Saves Kids) Day to promote children's health and safe storage 
                          of guns in the home.

Whereas according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and 
        Prevention, in 2016, on average, 8 children and teens per day were 
        injured or killed from the unintentional discharge of a firearm;
Whereas 1.7 million children in the United States live in homes with loaded and 
        unlocked guns;
Whereas in States that collect data through the National Violent Death Reporting 
        System, on average, 80 percent of unintentional firearm deaths of 
        children under 15 occurred in a home;
Whereas in approximately 75 percent of school shootings by a student, the gun 
        was brought from their home or the home of a family member and owned by 
        an adult family member;
Whereas the ASK Campaign encourages parents to add a question to a conversation 
        before their child visits other homes, ``Is there a gun in your 
        house?'', and follow affirmative answers with, ``Is it locked and 
        unloaded?'';
Whereas asking these simple questions about gun safety before sending your child 
        to visit or play at another home could help save your child's life;
Whereas asking these questions will raise awareness of the need for safe storage 
        of guns in the home as a proven effective preventative safety measure;
Whereas asking these questions will prevent incidents of family fire, in which 
        an improperly stored or misused gun results in injury or death;
Whereas the ASK Campaign was first established with the American Academy of 
        Pediatrics (AAP) in 2000 and is currently administered by the Brady 
        Campaign;
Whereas the president of the AAP has said, ``Keeping children and teens safe 
        from preventable injuries is one of the most important things we do as 
        pediatricians.'';
Whereas a November 2017 Government Accountability Office report, ``Personal 
        Firearms: Programs that Promote Safe Storage and Research on Their 
        Effectiveness'', identified 16 public or nonprofit programs that promote 
        safe gun storage, including the ASK program, and reported that the ASK 
        Program was the only national program to be evaluated and validated as 
        effective;
Whereas June 21, the first day of summer, the season in which kids typically 
        spend more time at a friend's or family member's home, has traditionally 
        been designated as National ASK Day;
Whereas the Brady Center and Campaign, its more than 100 chapters in a majority 
        of States throughout the Nation, and its many local, State and national 
        partners come together to highlight the ASK Campaign each year in 
        communities across the Nation; and
Whereas June 21, 2018, is designated by national organizations, as well as 
        various local and State governments, including State legislatures, as 
        the 15th annual National ASK Day: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) supports the designation of National ASK (Asking Saves 
        Kids) Day to encourage parents to begin asking this life-saving 
        question;
            (2) encourages public health, medical, and other 
        professionals to discuss gun ownership, gun safety, and safe 
        storage in the home with their patients and parents and 
        guardians of minors; and
            (3) supports the goals and ideals of National ASK Day.
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