"The medical costs incurred by the survivors of the shooting are hitting hard, and they won’t end soon. The average medical spending for someone who is shot increases by nearly $30,000 in the first year, according to a Harvard Medical School study. Another study found that number goes up to $35,000 for children. Ten kids were shot at the parade."
2 killed and 8 wounded in a mass shooting outside a grocery store in Fordyce, Arkansas
So far in 2024:
232 mass shootings
669 children under 18 murdered
1,827 children under 18 injured
7,905 deaths related to guns including 315 murder/suicides
@GottaLaff better yet, some adequate #GunSafety regulations? #GunViolence is so US specific that the rest of the world shakes their heads and wonder who are the gutless politicians who can’t fix it
Which is fine because adults under 35 are umpteen times more concerned about #TheFreedomToDecide, the #ClimateCrisis and #GunSafety than older voters and they will vote on these existential issues.