Firearms are the No. 1 cause of death in kids in the U.S., recent research shows.
in which 11 people died. It was resurfaced after the horrific mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where a gunman slaughtered 19 children and two teachers.the National Rifle Association — reacting to several reports on gun violence published in the journal from the American College of Physicians — tweetedEnraged over Tuesday’s events, medical professionals have reignited #ThisIsOurLane, insisting that gun violence is an urgent pediatric public health emergency.
“People will say to me, you need to stay out of politics. Just be a doctor, just be a pediatrician,” said Dr. Mark Kline, the physician-in-chief at Children’s Hospital New Orleans, referring to those on social media, as well as fellow pediatricians. “This is a case of children dying preventable deaths, and that’s our lane, as pediatricians. We are duty bound to prevent children from dying unnecessarily.
The Ulvade tragedy is hard enough to grasp, but it’s only a small fraction of the children who are killed by guns in the U.S. each year. Recent research found that firearms surpassed car accidents asUniversity of Michigan reported in April that more than 4,300 children and teenagers died as a result of guns in 2020. The second-leading cause of death — motor vehicle accidents — resulted in about 3,900 pediatric fatalities that year. The report, using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was published in the
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