hi, i'm leslie hue, and i really wish that i wasn't standing here talking today, but on january the 13th, 2021, my son pierce was murdered by my ex-husband. his father, he was just nine years old. he shot him with a gun while he was sleeping and turned the gun on himself. as you know, gun violence is the number one leading cause of death of children under the age of 18. 23 kids are shot every day, five of which are killed. five kids a day. what happened to pierce happens once a week in america. majority with guns. and this is not an acceptable way of living. so what? i'm so grateful for what united players and sfpd and everybody standing here is doing is giving people a resource. you know, life changes, things change. and you need to know when the gun is important to have in your house. maybe the risk now having the gun in your house at ways what the reason why you bought it. and so now you have a place to say, you know, right now in this world that with gun violence this high, maybe guns are not important in my life, and now you have a place to actually turn it in without any questions,

. >> reporter: leslie hue is showing us the most important person in her world. >> this is pierce with. they all have birthdays in the same week. >> reporter: pierce was a third grader in san francisco. three years ago, he was shot and killed by his father, who then took his own life. >> you know, it's really hard to show up and relive it over and over again, but i do it because i find the courage to do it because i want to help protect other families and to make a difference to make sure no other family has to live through this. this is really hard to survive. it is really hard to deal with. >> reporter: when leslie was forced to say good-bye to her 9-year-old son, she never wanted another person to feel her pain. that's why she created pierce's pledge. a non-profit aimed at keeping kids safe from gun violence. that includes this online map. a location where anyone could safely store a firearm. and an online form to take pierce's pledge, where lawyers, vow to take preventive gun violence measures with their clients. pierce was killed in the middle of a custody battle. something leslie