Here are some of the facts cited in
the report: guns kill or injure a child or teen every half hour. In 2010, 2,694 children and teens were killed
by guns and 15,576 were injured by guns.
Guns killed more infants, toddlers and preschoolers than law enforcement
officers in the line of duty. US
children are teens are 17 times more likely to die from gun violence than their
peers in 25 other high-income countries.
Since 1963, three times as many children and teens have died from guns
on American soil than US Soldiers killed in action in the Vietnam, Afghanistan
and Iraq wars. In 2010, Black children
and teens were nearly five times and Hispanic children and teens were more than
three times more likely to be killed by guns than White children and
teens. The US military and law
enforcement agencies possess 4 million guns, US civilians have 310 million. Every year American companies manufacture enough
bullets to fire 31 rounds into every one of our citizens.
As you can see, there is a need for
some fresh ideas to deal with our addiction to guns and the impact it is having
on our future. If we are unwilling to
deal with this long term problem, there will be no end in sight and this new
normal will become permanent. Additionally,
this report is not along in painting the picture of our nation that is in
serious trouble with its future generations, but also a nation that is in trouble
in its defense of it true principles and its moral compass. What do you think? Wednesday, August 13, 2014
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