On today’s episode of Hear Me Out… safety on. 

July sees the most accidental shootings involving children of any month on the calendar — but there’s not really a month where these tragedies don’t happen. 

So put aside your feelings on gun control for a moment and consider: how, in the world we live in right now, can we protect children from their own curiosity? 

Our guest, author Yehuda Remer, argues that teaching kids what guns can do — and how they can keep themselves safe — is the best solution.

*NOTE*: Slate reached out to Everytown for comment regarding allegations that they “skew” data. At the time of this publication, we have not received a response — but we’ll update you if and when we do.  

If you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: hearmeout@slate.com

Podcast production by Maura Currie

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