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Gun Safety
, Firearm Safety
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Gunshot Wound
Epidemiology
Firearm related injury in United States
U.S.
Gunshot Wound
overall
Incidence
Deaths: 100 per day
Injury: 200 per day
U.S.
Gunshot Wound
Incidence
in teens and children (under age 20 years)
Deaths per year: 6,000
Severe injury per year: 24,000
Prevention
Community-Based Gun Safety Program
North Carolina study
Firearm Safety counseling
Gun lock distribution and instruction on use
Efficacy
Increased gun lock use from 0 to 72%
Decreased unlocked and loaded gun rate from 18 to 7%
Reference
Coyne-Beasley (2001) Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 155:659 [PubMed]
Resources
American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine
https://affirmresearch.org/
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