Safety first, always. Lock up your guns.
We Believe
Children should not have access to firearms.
Firearms should be properly secured at all times.
Accidental gun violence is entirely preventable.
- Firearms are the leading cause of death for children and teens in the United States
- 4.6 million children in the U.S. live in a place with at least one loaded, unlocked gun
- Every year, nearly 360 children under the age of 18 gain access to a firearm and unintentionally shoot themselves or someone else
- More than 700 children in the United States die by gun suicide every year, and secure storage can help prevent those deaths
- While the number of firearms deaths dropped from 2020-2024, the number of suicides by firearm rose dramatically from 2020-2023 (the most recent year we have this data), by more than 3000
- By August 3, 2025, 130 people had been shot and injured or killed in Texas in mass shootings
“Gun safety begins with locking up firearms, unloading stored weapons, and taking personal time to cool off so that heated moments don’t become destructive. The prophet Isaiah taught us to "beat (our) swords into plowshares, and (our) spears into pruning hooks" (2:4). We are instructed to turn weapons of destruction into tools for the greater good of society. Gun safety is about changing hearts and minds without weapons. Gun safety requires new skills to solve complicated problems with safer tools for better solutions. The responsibility rests in our hands to do it.”
Rabbi David Lyon, Congregation Beth Israel, Houston