June 6, 2026

Children and unsecured guns

6.7 million U.S. children live in a household with at least one unsecured firearm — a stark increase from the previous estimate of 4.6 million children in 2015. That means roughly one in 10 children lives in a home with a loaded, unlocked gun, contributing to the eight kids a day who are unintentionally killed or injured by family fire: a shooting that results from someone misusing an unsecured firearm from the home. 

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