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In March 2018, Selena Gomez shared the march's hashtag #MarchForOurLives with the message: "Protect kids, not guns!" and this post had received 2 million likes. [ 123 ] Lady Gaga also documented the march, releasing a series of Instagram videos calling for action from politicians to enforce stricter gun laws. [ 124 ]
Marion Hammer, the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) lobbyist who promoted stand-your-ground laws, created the Eddie Eagle GunSafe program in the late 1980s as a "superior alternative to negligent storage legislation, or laws meant to punish adults when children shoot themselves or someone else with an unsecured gun."
Under Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, a 'child protection system' provides for the protection of children in and out of the home.One of the ways this can be enabled is through the provision of quality education, the fourth of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in addition to other child protection systems.
Children who watched a one-minute gun safety video were three times more likely to tell an adult that they had found a gun. Kids and guns: Study reveals how to reduce the risk of kids playing with ...
For parents who purchase a gun for their child as a holiday present, the gift can bring family together around a shared interest and represents an initiation into the next phase of life.
Firearm injuries are the leading cause of death in kids and teens in the U.S., making gun safety a priority for many families. But new research has found that parents who teach their children ...
The producers had a group of schoolchildren (aged 3 to 10 years old) watch the Eddie Eagle video along with a presentation by a police officer on gun safety. While the children all appeared to understand the message that guns are not toys, when the children were left alone with prop guns (and a hidden camera capturing their reactions), they all ...
JaJuan McDowell, age 14, knew to stay away from an unsecured gun, says his mom Julvonnia, who, with her husband, a military member, talked to him about it and explained the lethality of firearms.