Consider This...

August 30, 2006

Accidents happen. Parents should be more aware of that than anyone else.

So how do you explain parents who have loaded, unlocked firearms in their homes?

A report published this summer by Action for Children North Carolina argues for better education about gun safety. The latest statistics show at least 82,000 N.C. children live in households with loaded, unlocked guns (the fifth-highest number in the nation). Click here to view a copy of the report.

That’s far too many disasters waiting to happen. North Carolina has a mild safe-storage law on the books, but an awareness campaign is needed, and penalties need to be stiffer for those who violate the safe-storage law when child fatalities result.

The safety of kids is too important to play Russian roulette with.

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