Did you know that every 30 minutes a child or teen dies or is injured from a gun? Every 30 minutes.
As this report documents with the most recent data available, the toll of this gun violence
epidemic is devastating. In 2010, 18,270 children and teens died or were injured from guns,
17 classrooms of 20 children every week. Children and teens in America are 17 times more
likely to die from gun violence than their peers in other high-income countries. Is this what
we mean by American exceptionalism? We can do better. We must do better.
This report provides a roadmap of where we are today and the actions we must take to protect
all children and make America safer. It reports on gun deaths and injuries. All children have a
right to live and to dream and to strive for a future that is not destroyed in a second because
we cowered before a special interest lobby and refused to protect them. Learn the truth about
gun safety and the misinformation the National Rifle Association spreads. Learn about the
economic cost of gun violence, a state-by-state breakdown on gun deaths among children and
teens, and good and bad state actions on gun violence prevention. Learn what you need to
know so all of us can do better.