Erlanger Children’s Hospital providing free firearm safety resources to new parents

Erlanger Children’s Hospital providing free firearm safety resources to new parents

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Erlanger Children’s Hospital, in partnership with Voices for a Safer Tennessee (Safer TN), is now providing firearm safety information cards and free cable locks to every parent of babies born at the hospital. They say firearms are the leading cause of death for children and teens in the United States, and Tennessee ranks third in the nation for accidental shootings by children, with victims most often children themselves.  …