Safety/Injury Prevention

Children and teenagers are naturally curious and during moments of crisis, emotional pain or impulsivity, access to an unsecured firearm or medication can turn a difficult moment into a tragedy.  Research shows that nearly all youth suicides involving a gun are carried out with a weapon from their own home or a relative’s.  The same is true for medication: a single unsupervised dose of many common prescriptions can be life-threatening to a child.  Locking up guns and securing medications are two of the most powerful things a parent can do — not because you don’t trust your child, but because you love them enough to remove the risk entirely.  In a moment of crisis, a lock buys time.  And time saves life.  

Please reach out to Huskies Together or your school’s counselor within the City of Trussville for a FREE home safety kit.  Each kit includes a gun lock and medication lock bag with supportive services in our community.