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Friday, December 16th, 2022

Gun Violence and Children

Author:     German Lopez
Source:     The New York Times
Publication Date:     Dec. 15, 2022 | 6:50 a.m. ET
 Link: Gun Violence and Children
Stephan:   It amazes me that nothing seems to awaken Americans from their obsessive gun psychosis even a child firearm death rate that is nearly 4 and a half times that of the next six developed nations... combined. Over the decade of the Viet Nam War -- war over a decade, do you get that -- 58,220 Americans were killed. Nearly 40,000 Americans will die by gun fire this single year alone.
The hard data shows the death of children and teenagers in the United States to be unlike that of any other developed nation.

LaVonte’e Williams couldn’t read yet, but he loved the Bible. His grandfather even called him Preacher. In August, a day after his baptism, he accidentally shot himself at a park and died at just 5 years old.

Juan Carlos Robles-Corona Jr. had mastered viral TikTok dances. He would perform them at an Auntie Anne’s, where he and his mother worked. In April, he was shot to death near his school in an unsolved killing. He was 15 years old.

Angellyh Yambo prided herself on befriending people considered “annoying or strange.” She drew elaborate sketches on her iPad and liked watching horror movies. In April, a few months after her Sweet 16 birthday, she was killed by a stray bullet while walking outside after school.

LaVonte’e, Juan Carlos and Angellyh were just three of the thousands of children killed or injured by gun violence this year in the U.S. The New York Times Magazine devoted its […]

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