Her talk was part of the “Be SMART” campaign, which seeks to educate adults on responsible gun storage and other related issues to prevent unintentional shootings, such as when a child finds and fires a gun, and teen suicide. Miller noted the campaign is separate from the organizations’ advocacy work.

She said she’s given the talk twice before — once at the Reedsburg library after a Loganville boy shot and killed his brother in 2017 while playing with what they thought was an unloaded firearm and once at a Baraboo church that same year.

The “Be SMART” (Secure all guns in your home and vehicles; Model responsible behavior around guns; Ask about the presence of unsecured guns in other homes; Recognize the risks of teen suicide; Tell your peers to be SMART) campaign teaches gun owners to secure all guns in their possession — and that means locked, unloaded and with the ammunition stored separately, not just by hiding the weapons. Miller said children likely know where their parents keep things like a key to a gun safe, as well as where the guns are stored.

“Children know everything about what’s going on in their home, even if you think they don’t,” she said.