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Gun SafetyAka: Firearm Safety

Epidemiology: Firearm related injury in United States
1. Deaths per year under age 20: 6,000
2. Severe injury per year under age 20: 24,000
Community-Based Gun Safety Program
1. North Carolina study
  1. Firearm safety counseling
  2. Gun lock distribution and instruction on use
2. Efficacy
  1. Increased gun lock use from 0 to 72%
  2. Decreased unlocked and loaded gun rate from 18 to 7%
3. Reference
  1. Coyne-Beasley (2001) Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 155:659

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