- 40% of American households with children
have guns (Peter Hart Research Associates Poll, 1999, American Journal
of Public Health, April, 2000).
- Approximately 1.7 million children
live in a home that has an unlocked and loaded gun (American Academy of
Pediatrics, September 2005).
- Approximately 1.2 million elementary
school age latch-key children have access to guns when they are home alone
(American Academy of Pediatrics, 2001).
- Almost 90 percent of unintentional
shootings involving children are linked to an easy-to-find, loaded handgun
in the house (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2001).
