About 7 million kids live in a home with a loaded and unlocked gun, a study finds
The new study in JAMA Network Open also finds that more parents leave their guns loaded and unlocked when they have teenagers, despite the fact that suicide risk goes up for this age group.
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- Published: May 12, 2026, 9:18 PM UTC
- Coverage area: Culture & Society
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