Since 2020, firearms have been the leading cause of death in children.
Empty chairs displaying the names of students killed during school shootings are shown during an event on the National Mall calling for action on preventing gun violence on September 13, 2023, in Washington, D.C.A newly published study finds that pediatric deaths due to gun violence in the U.S. have dramatically increased over the past decade, with researchers noting that not enough is being done to address the horrifying trend.
“This is undoubtedly one of our chief public health crises in this country,” Chethan Sathya, lead author of the study and pediatric trauma surgeon in New York, said at the time of its publication. “The most likely reason that your child will die in this country is at the hands of a firearm. That’s not acceptable.”is behind on our fundraising goals for the year. There are a lot of reasons why.
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