A person is killed or injured almost every day in the U.S. because a child has unintentionally fired a gun, according to reports from 2015 to 2022 compiled by Everytown, an advocacy group for firearm safety.
These incidents are almost entirely preventable if firearms are stored safely and securely — which means unloaded and locked up, with ammunition stored separately in a locked container, experts say.
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