UPCOMING EVENT!
Play Smart Final Four Gathering
Friday, 4/5
4-5 pm
Room 223
Phoenix Convention Center
Featured speakers include Rex Champan,
free food & drinks!
“Please make plans to join me and these other expert panelists for an in-depth discussion on gun safety and gun violence. If you don’t participate in any other webinar this year, I encourage you to attend this one. This issue touches the lives of virtually every American in some way.”
Coach Tubby Smith - NCAA National Champion and three-time National Coach of the Year
Almost every team in college basketball has been touched by gun violence.
Play Smart is an advocacy organization comprised of coaches, players, politicians, non-profit organizations, and businesses, focused on ending gun violence. It is our mission to educate, engage, and change the ways guns are stored in homes. We offer resources to help coaches, players, alumni, and all those who care prevent gun tragedies and heal teams and communities in the aftermath of loss.
deaths and 1,366 injuries
765
DEATHS
THOSE SHOOTINGS RESULTED IN
unintentional shootings by children under 18 in the US
2,070
IN A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD LEADING UP TO 2021
deaths and 1,366 injuries
765
DEATHS
THOSE SHOOTINGS RESULTED IN
unintentional shootings by children under 18 in the US
2,070
IN A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD LEADING UP TO 2021
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
Irresponsible Gun Storage Has Real Life Implications
The steps you take today will save lives tomorrow....you are more than a jersey number, you join a family that looks out for you.
Arne Duncan, Former United States Secretary of Education
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Secure storage will save lives
“Play Smart is an important organization ... because of their advocacy for secure gun storage and their leadership in helping coaches confront the impact of gun violence on their team and the broader collegiate community. The more coaches who engage, the greater the impact.”
Craig Robinson, Executive Director
National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC)
“We know how busy you are as coaches and mentors. Our effort is low friction — join to learn, for resources, for whatever you need.”
Howard Levy, Co-founder
Play Smart, Save Lives, Princeton player and coach.
“The Houston basketball community has been touched by gun violence as have so many other teams across the nation. We teach kids to communicate on the court. Now it’s time for all of us to communicate a simple message: store your gun safely. It will save lives.”
Kelvin Sampson, Head Coach
University of Houston
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deaths and 1,366 injuries
765
DEATHS
THOSE SHOOTINGS RESULTED IN
unintentional shootings by children under 18 in the US