The USA is losing children in ways it never mattered. There are more childless mother's today than ever before in recent history. According to the CDC the three most causes of death in ages 15-34 are unintentional accidents, suicide and homicide.
June 19, 2017
By Ryan Bort
Few stories are more heartbreaking (click here) than those involving children who are injured or killed by gunshots. It isn’t hard to find them: In June alone, a 6-year-old accidentally shot and killed a 4-year-old in South Carolina, a father accidentally shot and killed his 9-year-old daughter in Indiana and an 8-year-old Mississippi boy was accidentally shot in the chest. His grandparents drove him to the hospital, but he died 45 minutes later. Sadly, the list of child gun deaths goes on.
Though we constantly see examples in the news, child gun injuries and deaths may be even more prevalent in the United States than we realized. A study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics showed that an average of 5,790 children in the United States receive emergency room treatment for gun-related injuries each year, and around 21 percent of those injuries are unintentional. The study also found that an average of 1,297 children die annually from gun-related injuries, making guns the third-leading cause of death for children in America (behind illnesses and unintentional injuries like drownings or car crashes). The number is based on data taken from 2012 to 2014 for children up to the age of 17....
It doesn't matter if the gun killed accidentally, suicide or homicide; it is the highest reason for death in all categories.
For all Moms, whether your child (ren) are with you or gone from your life, may your Mother's Day be the happiest ever.
Good night.
