Editorial: America needs to love its children more than its guns
The problem is too many guns everywhere. Kept at home in unsafe storage, they are much too accessible for accidents and suicides as well as for settling grudges. Mass shootings now average nearly two a week. They continue to happen faster than most people can keep track of how many times an anguished public cried … Continue reading Editorial: America needs to love its children more than its guns
Guns are now the leading cause of premature death for children
Guns are now the leading cause of premature death for children. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details. Source: Guns are now the leading cause of premature death for children
US victims of gun violence in 2022 include 6032 children under 17
The number of children shot and killed in the United States in 2022 exceeded 6000. The Gun Violence Archive found that at least 6032 children, 17 years of age and younger, had been the victims of America's deadly gun epidemic. The number of children shot and killed in the United States in 2022 exceeded 6000. … Continue reading US victims of gun violence in 2022 include 6032 children under 17
Guns are now the leading cause of premature death for children
Guns are now the leading cause of premature death for children. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details. Source: Guns are now the leading cause of premature death for children
Confront gun violence for the sake of our children, the Holy Innocents
On the feast of the Holy Innocents, I think of the faces of the children killed in Uvalde, Texas. Earlier this year, their photos were an unrelenting, "in your face" testament to the plague of gun violence in the U.S. From my days as a Catholic elementary school student, I recall the face of the … Continue reading Confront gun violence for the sake of our children, the Holy Innocents
‘An Absolute F**king Disgrace’: Record 6,036 US Kids Killed, Injured by Gunfire in 2022
With just a few days left until the new year, 2022 has already set a grim record: so far at least 6,036 children across the United States have been killed or injured by gunfire, according to the Gun Violence Archive. As of Tuesday, 306 children under age 12 were killed by guns and another 668 … Continue reading ‘An Absolute F**king Disgrace’: Record 6,036 US Kids Killed, Injured by Gunfire in 2022
Broken hearts lead to broken traditions in Uvalde as Mata family cele…
The Matas never celebrated Day of the Dead before; this year they built an altar at the grave of 10-year-old Tess, surrounded by family. For Thanksgiving and Christmas, they broke their traditions. On a gray and cloudy afternoon on Nov. 1, the start of Día de los Muertos, four men carry an altar for 19 … Continue reading Broken hearts lead to broken traditions in Uvalde as Mata family cele…
More than 6,000 children killed, hurt by gunfire in 2022: Report
More than 6,000 children have been killed or injured in the United States by gunfire in 2022, the most ever recorded in the nine-year history of a nonprofit that tracks shooting incidents. With five days to go in the year, the Gun Violence Archive found that 6,023 U.S. children 17 years old or younger have … Continue reading More than 6,000 children killed, hurt by gunfire in 2022: Report
Laura Washington: ‘Do we need AR-15s?’ Mother who lost a daughter to gun violence demands action.
Ever since gun violence claimed her daughter, Mary Dieudonne-Hill has fought depression, panic attacks and at times was unable to work. Mary Dieudonne-Hill, a mother who lives in south suburban Homewood, knows all about the pain gun violence inflicts on a family. In 2016, her daughter, Alisia, was attending North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State … Continue reading Laura Washington: ‘Do we need AR-15s?’ Mother who lost a daughter to gun violence demands action.