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This resolution requests the Louisiana Department of Health to conduct a comprehensive study on child firearm deaths and Child Access Prevention (CAP) laws. Specifically, the resolution highlights that unintentional firearm injury deaths are a leading cause of child mortality, and that most such injuries occur within the home, often involving unsecured firearms. The document notes that from 2004 to 2015, over three-quarters of child firearm suicides involved guns that were stored loaded and unlocked. While many states have implemented CAP laws requiring firearms to be stored in locked containers or secured with trigger locks when children might access them, Louisiana currently lacks such a law despite having one of the highest rates of unintentional shootings by children in the United States. The resolution therefore urges the Louisiana Department of Health to examine the prevalence of child firearm injuries and deaths in the state, study the effectiveness of CAP laws in other jurisdictions, and develop recommendations for potentially implementing a similar law in Louisiana to help prevent child firearm accidents and suicides.

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