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Preventing Unauthorized Access3, <br />Firearms Can Save Lives <br />AL <br />• Children and young adults (24 and under) constitute 38% of all <br />firearms- related deaths and nonfatal injuries. <br />• More than 75% of firearms used in suicide attempts and injuries <br />to children and young adults were accessed in the home of the <br />victim, a relative or a friend. <br />• 89% of accidental shooting deaths among children occur in the <br />home, primarily when children access a firearm when parents <br />are not home. <br />• A firearm in the home increases the chance of being the victim <br />of a homicide by 90%. <br />MEMO <br />Redwood <br />City €a <br />