The Gun Violence Epidemic Is Getting Worse And We Need To Talk About It (Planned Parenthood)
Gun violence claims 96 lives every day in the United States. No other developed nation experiences gun violence of this magnitude. More than five years ago, 20 children and six adults were shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Since then, at least 1,846 people have been killed in mass shootings. From an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando to a church in Charleston, from a concert in Las Vegas to a high school in Parkland — gun violence is an epidemic. For every day that...