Always keep your guns unloaded and locked out of sight. Keep the lock key with you, not in a desk or dresser drawer. Keep the ammunition locked up in a different place as well. Do not show your child where you keep the gun(s) and ammunition.

• Never let your child play with guns.
• If your family hunts, enroll your child in a gun safety class. Education is vital if your child is going to be around guns or hunting.
• Find out if there are guns in the homes of your child's friends before letting your child go to the home to play or spend the night.
• Teach your child what to do if he is at a friend's house and the friend wants to show off a gun. Make a plan with your child to say "no," tell an adult in the house, or call you to go home. Guns can accidentally fire, especially when being mishandled.