Gun violence is the number one killer of American children.
Gun violence is the number one killer of Pennsylvania children.
Not cancer.
Not car accidents.
Unique to the United States of America, gun violence is the number one killer of children because laws to:
- safely store firearms (Ethan’s Law)
- report lost or stolen firearms,
- require universal background checks,
- restrict ownership of firearms to those individuals at an elevated risk of harming themselves or others,
don’t exist at the federal level.
Since the National Rifle Association (NRA) has raised millions of dollars to lobby legislators who would vote against such common sense regulations, thousands of children die brutal, blood spattered deaths every year.
Elect Beth Farnham to help craft such sensible legislation as listed above in order to prevent the senseless killing of US children, and other Americans, by firearms.
Resources:
- With Cases Soaring, Guns Are Now Leading Cause of Death for U.S. Kids
- KIDS AND GUNS
- US Gun Violence in 2023
- Guntown (3 minute humorous video)
- American Academy of Pediatrics: Trends and Disparities in Firearm Deaths Among Children
- TERROR ON REPEAT: A rare look at the devastation caused by AR-15 shootings
- Moms Demand Action
- Center for Gun Violence Solutions, Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg School of Public Health
