Share This: Be Smart Week

As kids head back to school, one of the smartest things adults can do to keep kids, classrooms, and communities safe from gun violence is to raise awareness about secure gun storage. August 25–29, 2025, is SMART Week—a time when we work together to spread the word on the critical importance of secure gun storage to prevent gun violence.

Being SMART means:

• Secure all guns in homes and vehicles
• Model responsible behavior around guns
• Ask about the presence of unsecured firearms in other homes your child visits
• Recognize the role of guns in suicide
• Tell your peers to Be SMART

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