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Communities
Addressing Responsible Gun Ownership
(CARGO) is an innovative
approach to protecting our children
from accidental and impulsive
gun shot injuries. It is a collaboration
of the Pima County Attorney's
Office, medical personnel and
law enforcement. The CARGO multi-disciplinary
team educates participants about
firearm safety and responsibility.
During the program, a law enforcement
officer provides information
about safe gun storage, responsible
parenting and safe gun handling.
A doctor, nurse, or paramedic
discusses the effects gun shot
wounds have on victims and society,
and a prosecutor highlights specific
cases and laws involving firearms.
Free gun locks are available
at CARGO presentations. We encourage
families, guardians, youths,
teachers, coaches, gun owners,
non-gun owners and caregivers
to attend presentations. The
program is open to the public
and is free of charge.
To schedule a free CARGO presentation
for your group, school, or workplace,
contact the CARGO Program at 740-5600. |
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If you own a gun
and children are ever in your home, please
consider:
- Locking your gun and ammunition and storing
them separately in a safe or with a gun lock.
- Learning about the risks posed by keeping
a gun a home.
Whether you own a gun or do not own a
gun:
- Before your child visits
another’s
home (relative or friend), ask the
parents if there
are guns in the home.
- Ask
how the firearms are secured (gun safe,
trigger lock, universal lock,
cable lock).
- Ask how and where the ammunition is
stored.
- Answer your children’s
questions about firearms openly and honestly.
- Talk
to your children about guns and make sure
they know the dangers of
guns.
- Keep guns away from children and
teach them that guns are not
toys.
Safe Gun Handling:
- Treat
every gun as if it were loaded.
- Always point
the gun in a safe
direction.
- Keep your gun unloaded
until ready to shoot.
- Keep your finger
off the trigger
until ready
to
shoot.
- Know what is behind
your target.
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The
Pima County Attorney’s Office gives
away Free Gun Locks! |
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gun storage is an essential part of responsible
gun ownership. To obtain a free cable gun lock
call 740-5600 and ask for the CARGO Program. |
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There are approximately 110 million cell phones
in use in the United States compared with an
estimated 192 million privately owned firearms.
(Source: www.cnn.com 2004)
In the United States, a child dies from a gun shot
wound about every three hours.
(SOURCE: Children’s Defense
Fund, Gun Report 2002)
In the United States in 2002, 193 children, age
0-19, died from accidental shootings.
(SOURCE: Children’s Defense
Fund, Gun Report 2002)
In 2000, an estimated 21,187 persons with injuries
related to BB and pellet guns were treated in U.
S. hospital emergency rooms.
(SOURCE: Center for Disease Control and Prevention,
2001)
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