AAP News Vol. 14 No. 6 June 1998, p. 5
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AAP supports child firearms safety bill

Gem Benoza

Because tragic stories resulting from the careless storage of guns are all too common, the Academy has endorsed a bipartisan measure intended to help prevent kids from unintentionally shooting themselves or injuring or killing another person with guns owned by adults. The Child Firearms Access Prevention Act, S.1917, was authored by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and cosponsored by Sens. John Chafee (R-R.I.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.).

Sen. Durbin noted that while Americans spend millions of dollars on sophisticated security equipment to protect themselves from the outside, they often fail to safely lock up potential hazards from the inside.