With children often being affected by gun related injuries, gun related protocols and insurance are often enforced to ensure the safety of children in the presence of a gun. As stated by Matthew James Thompson, “Since 1979, the number of children and teens killed by guns in the United States has stayed consistently above 3,000 deaths annually ” ( Thompson 1). Events like the 1989 shooting in Stockton, California where five children were killed on an elementary school playground, or the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School demonstrate the unique reactions children generate as victims of gun violence” ( Thompson 1). With these in statics in mind, there has been revision to the types of weapons citizens can purchases. Thompson’s desertion mentions…