If you’re like me, you’re likely finding yourself enjoying more meals around the table with your family.

Covid-19 has us spending more time at home and with each other.

With all children at home in the weeks to come, they’re perhaps a bit bored and exploring more than usual.

There is an important conversation to have with any young ones in your home: What to do if they come across a gun.

Guns are very serious. An accident involving a gun can hurt or kill them.

Most adults are allowed to own a gun by law, and many have one. This means that even if there isn’t a gun in your house, your child needs to know what to do if they see a gun.

If they see a gun, teach them to:

1. Stop.

2. Don’t touch.

3. Get away.

4. Tell an adult.

When you follow these steps, you’re protecting yourself and helping to keep other people safe.

Make sure your child knows to:

• Walk away and tell a parent if your friend shows you his parent’s gun.

• Tell an adult immediately if you see a gun in someone’s backpack at school.

• Tell an adult if you hear anyone say they are going to bring a gun to school.