Big Boy Gunz firearm retail health and safety plan

Promote Health, Safety, and Responsible Ownership

Big Boy Gunz recognizes that promoting the health, safety, and responsible ownership of firearms is crucial towards successful operations. Promoting health, safety, and responsible ownership is an important aspect towards developing a safe society in Texas that is free from gun violence and irresponsible use of firearms. Similar to other businesses that have been established to generate revenue, Big Boy Gunz is not only in business to ensure growth in revenue but also ensure sustainability is an important element across all operations. We have developed a sound business structure and created various strategies towards ensuring health, safety, and responsible ownership of guns/firearms.

According to the American Firearm Retailers Association (2013), gun and firearm retailers have a role in promoting health, safety, and responsible ownership because these are crucial elements towards keeping communities healthy and safe. Keeping communities healthy and safe is crucial because the presence of guns and firearms in the society, especially the home setting, enhances the risk of gun-related crimes that endanger people's lives.

5.3.1 Promote Health

The risk factors that contribute to public health issues relating to gun ownership and use include an individual's history of violent crimes and alcohol and drug abuse. Big Boy Gunz will limit the sale of firearms and guns to individuals with these risk factors as well as those with mental health histories. Federal laws and Texas' laws on gun ownership and dealership will be utilized as the premise for determining individuals who will be restricted from purchasing guns from this shop. To this extent, Big Boy Gunz undertakes to conduct a comprehensive background check of an individual, especially those that are deemed or suspected to be dangerous based on these risk factors.

Big Boy Gunz will also provide education and training for individuals on proper storage of firearms, which is an important aspect for lessening public health dangers associated with gun ownership and usage. In this case, customers will be provided with educational materials like pamphlets and brochures with clear explanations on how to store the specific firearm in a proper manner and prevent unprecedented injuries and deaths. Additionally, customers will receive training and education on how to handle the guns, how to shoot safely, and self-protection. The shop will identify a suitable place and experienced professionals to conduct the training as a means of promoting health.

The shop undertakes to provide training and education of first aid measures for individuals who might suffer from any gun-related injuries or accidents. The first aid measures will be geared towards promoting health by ensuring that customers and community members have basic emergency response skills to injuries related to improper gun usage or gun-related crimes. During this process, customers and community members will receive basic skills on how to respond to various kinds of injuries that could be caused by gun usage.

5.3.3 Promote Responsible Ownership

Responsible gun ownership will be promoted by Big Boy Gunz through providing training to customers. Similar to operating a motor vehicle, guns/firearms need certain knowledge and skills to be operated effectively and in a manner that lessens risk to self and others (American Firearm Retailers Association, 2013). While a customer will be required to provide his/her gun license during purchase, he/she will provided with informational materials and/or training on how to operate the particular firearm. Additionally, the individual will be required to demonstrate knowledge of relevant laws regarding possessing, operating, transporting, and storage of guns during purchase.

Big Boy Gunz will enlist the services of an experienced and qualified professional who will promote responsible gun ownership on its website on a long-term basis. The business will partner with this professional in to produce educational materials and videos that seek to promote and enhance responsible gun ownership in the community (Edmeier et al., 2014). The other aspect of promoting responsible gun ownership will entail creating partnership with local law enforcement agencies and personnel as well as other relevant local agencies.