Guns and Play Dates: Take Our Survey

Before you drop your child off at a play date, do you ask a few questions to ensure their safety? Parents have learned to ask others parents questions like, "Do you have a booster seat in your car?" and "Does your child have any food allergies?"

The ASK (Asking Saves Kids) campaign aims to teach parents how to ask another very important question: If you keep a gun in your house, is it safely stored (locked and unloaded)? Every day, there are accidental shootings in this country where there are more firearms owned by private citizens than there are citizens.

• 1 in 3 homes have guns.
• 3 in 4 children ages 5-14 know where guns are kept in the home.
• 80% of unintentional deaths from firearms of kids under the age of 15 occur in a home

Would you ever ask this question or have you already asked it? Please take our quick 5 question survey so we can see where people in Scarsdale stand on this issue. Your answers are anonymous.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/38ZRNTK

Making a Killing: Guns, Greed and the NRA

Also on the subject of guns, the Interfaith Coalition Against Gun Violence will be screening the movie Making a Killing Guns, Greed and the NRA on Wednesday May 4th at 7:00pm at The Scarsdale Congregational Church's Boynton Room. Following the film there will be a discussion with Leah Gunn Barrett, Executive Director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence. The film is free and there is parking across from the church.

Scarsdale Congregational Church
1 Heathcote Road
Scarsdale, NY 10583
For more information, call (914) 723-2111