The Talk | Grandmothers For Gun Responsibility

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1.1 million

US children live in homes with firearms.⁺

0 % of parents

mistakenly believes their child does not know where their firearm is stored.⁺

0 kids a day

are unintentionally injured or
killed by family fire.⁺

LET’S HAVE “THE TALK”:
OUR KIDS AND GUNS

Parents, grandparents and caregivers ask a range of questions before children visit other homes. They ask about supervision, pets, and allergies. With nearly 7 million children in the United States living in homes with at least one gun that is unlocked and loaded⁺, the Grandmothers encourage caregivers to add one more question to the conversation:

“If you have guns in your home, are they stored securely?”

Hear from our experts about the importance of having “The Talk”:

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How-to guides provided by The Ad Council’s Agree to Agree Campaign offer tips and examples for having a productive conversation about gun violence. Conversations like these can help people understand possible risks, motivate them to take action, and protect children and teens from gun injuries.

OTHER RESOURCES

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MANY THANKS TO OUR EXPERTS

Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, MD
Chief Medical Executive,
State of Michigan

Leonard Garfield
Executive Director, Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI, Seattle)

Dr. LaShawnDa Pittman, PhD
Author, Associate Professor, University of Washington, American Ethnic Studies

AND TO OUR PARTNERS

Thanks to our partners at Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services and to Sean Kent, Alliance for Gun Responsibility.

Have a story to share?

If you would like to share your story about the importance of safe gun storage in your household, email connect@thegrandmothers.org.

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— 32.3 million U.S. children live in homes with firearms

Source: Everytown Research & Policy as referenced in JAMA Network Open Published Online: May 12, 2026; Matthew Miller, MD, MPH, ScD1,2; Samuel Fischer, MEd2; Eliot Nelson, MD3 et al

— 39% of parents mistakenly believes their child does not know where their firearm is stored.

Source: 2017 American Academy of Pediatrics

— 8 kids a day are unintentionally injured or killed by family fire.

Average of the most recent five years of complete data on fatal gun injuries (2012-2016) and nonfatal gun injuries (2011-2015) from the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Web-Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System.

— Nearly 7 Million Children Live in Homes with Unlocked, Loaded Guns

Source: Rhitu Chatterjee. “About 7 million kids live in a home with a loaded and unlocked gun, a study finds.” NPR, heard on “All Things Considered” (May 12, 2026), https://www.npr.org/2026/05/12/nx-s1-5818460/gun-safe-storage-children-suicide-homicide