Safe Firearm Storage A new study shows that fewer children—about 2.5 percent, or 1.7 million children—live in homes with loaded, unsecured firearms, a significant reduction from the early 1990's when the number was estimated at 10 percent. Firearm safety education programs promoting responsible gun ownership, such as the NSSF-developed Project ChildSafe, surely have contributed to the decline. The study, undertaken by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published in the journal "Pediatrics," was reported in a story today by the Associated Press. Project ChildSafe, the nation's largest firearm safety education program, has distributed more than 30 million gun lock safety kits to firearm owners in all 50 states, with its most recent initiative launched in Rhode Island in partnership with Lt. Governor Charles Fogerty.