Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Two studies released Monday in JAMA Pediatrics offer similarly stark views on the impact of gun violence on society's most vulnerable members: children. One indicates the overall U.S. child homicide rate has increased annually -- on average 4.3% since 2013 -- with a dramatic 27.7% rise rise from 2019 to 2020 … Continue reading Two studies, one finding: Guns injure, kill rising number of children in U.S.
Editorial: Firearms kill the equivalent of a classroom of children a day
The number of children and teens who die from gun violence on any given day in this country would fill a high school classroom. That sobering fact comes from the American Academy of Pediatrics report on children and gun violence published in the journal “Pediatrics” and presented at a recent annual meeting of the AAP reported in the … Continue reading Editorial: Firearms kill the equivalent of a classroom of children a day