Randomized Trial to Improve Safe Firearm Storage

"Lethal means counseling is a type of safety education that advises securement or removal of potentially hazardous household items such as medications, knives, and firearms. Counseling provided by study team was derived from the Suicide Prevention Resource Center's Counseling on Access to Lethal Means training module and the Store It Safe campaign from the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Guidance focused on securement of dangerous items in the household, such as medications and firearms, with locking devices-or more preferably removing these items from the home, even if temporarily."

Caregivers were provided 2 (two) SnapSafe Cable Padlock (Item No. 75281), advised on how to use these devices to store firearms safely (including instructions from within the package of the provided gun locks) and were advised to store keys away from the firearm in a location that children would not have access