Guns likely to be leading cause of death in U.S. children for third year in a row
Laid out near the U.S. Capitol are 2,280 schoolbooks and broken pencils that represent the 2,280 children that have been killed by gun violence since the Senate has refused to bring a vote on background checks, during a rally in Washington, Friday, June 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Associated Press
Guns likely to be leading cause of death in U.S. children for third year in a row

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Guns likely to be leading cause of death in U.S. children for third year in a row

Gun sales doubled in 2020 to nearly two million guns sold a month. In a country awash in firearms, we’re seeing more kids shot to death.

Laid out near the U.S. Capitol are 2,280 schoolbooks and broken pencils that represent the 2,280 children that have been killed by gun violence since the Senate has refused to bring a vote on background checks, during a rally in Washington, Friday, June 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Associated Press
By Lynnea Domienik

In 2014, the number of deaths in the U.S. from guns began to increase. In 2020, gun deaths surpassed car accidents as the leading killer of children. Black children are six times more likely to be killed by guns than white children, but the rates of gun violence are rising in all groups across the country in urban, suburban and rural areas. 

 Reset hears from someone who’s lost family members to gun violence and a journalist who’s been reporting on these stories of loss. 

 GUESTS: Ben Austen, journalist and author 

Brandy Martin, Chicagoan whose family members have died from gun violence

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Guns likely to be leading cause of death in U.S. children for third year in a row
Laid out near the U.S. Capitol are 2,280 schoolbooks and broken pencils that represent the 2,280 children that have been killed by gun violence since the Senate has refused to bring a vote on background checks, during a rally in Washington, Friday, June 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Associated Press
Guns likely to be leading cause of death in U.S. children for third year in a row

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

Guns likely to be leading cause of death in U.S. children for third year in a row

Gun sales doubled in 2020 to nearly two million guns sold a month. In a country awash in firearms, we’re seeing more kids shot to death.

Laid out near the U.S. Capitol are 2,280 schoolbooks and broken pencils that represent the 2,280 children that have been killed by gun violence since the Senate has refused to bring a vote on background checks, during a rally in Washington, Friday, June 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Associated Press
By Lynnea Domienik

In 2014, the number of deaths in the U.S. from guns began to increase. In 2020, gun deaths surpassed car accidents as the leading killer of children. Black children are six times more likely to be killed by guns than white children, but the rates of gun violence are rising in all groups across the country in urban, suburban and rural areas. 

 Reset hears from someone who’s lost family members to gun violence and a journalist who’s been reporting on these stories of loss. 

 GUESTS: Ben Austen, journalist and author 

Brandy Martin, Chicagoan whose family members have died from gun violence

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