Did you
know more than 40% of homes with children have a gun?
ASK
if there's a gun where your children play.
CeaseFire Announces the Asking Saves Kids
Campaign
Each year Washington State loses more than 20 children due to
unintentional injury, suicide and homicide by firearm. In
addition, another 10 children are hospitalized for firearm
injuries. These are devastating tragedies that can be prevented
by reducing access to firearms by children.
The goal of the ASK Campaign is simple... We want to reduce
the risk of firearm injury and death among children. Asking if
there is a gun where your children play and finding out how it
is stored, can help to decrease the likelihood that your child
will be a victim of gun violence. It can also help to increase
the practice of safe storage - that is guns kept in a lock box,
or with some locking device, and ammunition stored separately.
It's easy for all parents whether you own a gun or not, to
take action to reduce firearm injury and death among children.
The next time your child goes over to someone's house to play,
ask if there's a gun and find out how it is stored. "For tips
on how to ask or for more information on ASK at the national
level, visit
PAX/Real Solutions to Gun
Violence".
CeaseFire will be launching the ASK
Campaign statewide on June 20th. In the meantime, look for
billboards made possible by a donation from Clear Channel -
Outdoor in King and Pierce Counties that reinforce this message.
For more information, call 1-866-322-IASK. Or email
Christi Lardy at
Christi@washingtonceasefire.org.