Gun Safety

Gun violence is a public health epidemic that is injuring and killing children at alarming rates. Any death from gun violence is one too many if it's in your family or your community. We must implement common-sense solutions that have been proven to reduce these injuries and deaths.

Gun Violence/Injury Prevention

• AAP Policy Statement on Firearm-Related Injuries and Deaths in Children and Youth: Injury Prevention and Harm Reduction

• AAP Technical Report Firearm-Related Injuries and Deaths in Children and Youth

• Gun Violence Prevention Advocacy Toolkit

• Firearm Violence Prevention

  The AAP has been involved for decades in advocacy efforts to address firearm violence as a public health issue and advance policies that keep children, families, and communities safe.

• Gun Safety Campaign Toolkit

• Doctor Training and Other Supports Promote Lifesaving Firearm Safety Conversations in Pediatrics Offices

• Gun Deaths: Urgent Public Health Crisis Affecting Children & Teens

• Community Support Resource for Those Impacted by Gun Violence

• Screening for Firearm Safety in the Inpatient Setting

• Talking to Patients about Firearm Safety

  Providers can help reduce injuries and deaths by talking with patients about safe storage and temporary transfers during high-risk periods

• A Conversation Between Chapters: State Strategies to Prevent the Gun Violence, the Leading Cause of Death in Children

  June 2022 AAP State Advocacy Webinar

Safe Storage Resources

• Project ChildSafe

  The National Firearm Industry Trade Association's safety and education program for firearm owners. 

• ASK (Asking Saves Kids)

  ASK (Asking Saves Kids) is a simple way to help keep kids safe and a fundamental part of the Brady Campaign's End Family Fire program.

• Unload, Lock, and Separate

  Secure Storage Practices to Reduce Gun Violence

Research & Policy Solutions

• Maine Gun Laws

  Summary of gun laws in Maine. 

• Education Campaigns and Clinical Interventions for Promoting Safe Storage

  RAND -  there is evidence that clinicians who counsel families to store guns safely can influence behavior, particularly when devices, such as gun locks, are given away for free.

• The Impact of Gun Violence on Children & Teens

  Everytown Research & Policy factsheet

Podcasts

• Pediatric Firearm Injury Prevention: What You Need to Know

  Pediatric Meltdown, Ep. 84

• Youth Violence Prevention: Threat Assessment and Management

  Pediatric Meltdown, Ep. 136

• Understanding Aggressive Behaviors: Who, What, Why, When and Where

  Pediatric Meltdown, Ep. 137

• Aggression in Youth: Assessment and Treatment

  Pediatric Meltdown, Ep. 138

• Preventing Gun Violence, Supporting Adolescent Health Discussions

  Pediatrics on Call, Ep. 206