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"We have no difficulty concluding that a .357 Magnum handgun is a dangerous instrumentality. The highest degree of care
is required in safeguarding such a handgun."
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Kansas Supreme Court, Long v. Turk, 932 P.2d 1093, 1097 (Kan. 1998)
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Many deaths and serious injuries occur every year because gun owners fail to store firearms in a safe and secure manner. For example, a recent
study of data from the National Center for Health Statistics indicated that a majority of gun owners living with children do not store their guns
locked, unloaded, and separate from ammunition. In fact, approximately 40 percent of gun owners living with children do not store their guns locked
in any manner. The study estimated that 8.3 million children in the U.S. live in homes where a firearm is stored unlocked, and 2.6 million of those
live in a home where the firearm is also stored loaded or with ammunition. Negligent gun storage results in a large number of deaths and serious
injuries every year, particularly among children and teenagers, through unintentional shootings, suicides, and homicides. The Legal Action Project
brings actions seeking to establish that gun owners have a duty to exercise the highest degree of care in storing guns, and can be held accountable
under the law for failing to do so.
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