Rep. Goldman calls on NYC schools to provide more gun storage education for families
A congressmember from New York City is urging city schools to provide families with more education about safe gun storage at home.
“There's a need for comprehensive and broad information, reform and regulation of our system in order to prevent the gun violence epidemic from expanding and to keep our children safe,” Goldman said in an interview.It’s exactly the kind of case Goldman said the Department of Education can help prevent. On a national level, he said about 350 children under the age of 18 unintentionally shoot themselves or others with a firearm every year, and 70% of those incidents happen at home.
Goldman, whose district spans Lower Manhattan and much of western Brooklyn, said the city's Department of Education seems ready to cooperate so far. In his letter to Banks, Goldman asked that the Department of Education provide information about its partnerships on safe storage with community-based organizations, and asked about concrete steps the agency has taken to reach out to families.
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