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tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts) Mon Sep 22, 2014, 06:32 AM Sep 2014

Every Day, 52 Kids Get Shot

Dana Spaeth produced this video as a response to the continuing gun violence against children in schools, on playgrounds and in our communities. It has a powerful message. The numbers alone are surprising.

• Every day, 52 kids get shot
• Every day 2 kids kill themselves
• Every day 6 children are murdered
• Guns kill twice as many American kids as cancer
• Guns kill more children under the age of 5 than law officers in the line of duty

Just some interesting notes presented in the video to consider.