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Every year, more than 700 children,17 and younger, die by suicide with a gun. Approximately 6.7 million children in the U.S. live in homes with guns that are both loaded and unlocked. The Be SMART program focuses on education and awareness about child gun deaths and responsible gun storage. Learn more about our program on BeSMARTforkids.org.

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Every day, nearly 130 people in the United States are killed with guns, twice as many are shot and wounded, and countless others are impacted by acts of gun violence.

Everytown Research analysis of CDC, WONDER, Provisional Mortality Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death, 2020–2024; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project nonfatal firearm injury data, 2020; and SurveyUSA, Market Research Study #26602, 2022.

Last updated: 1.15.2026