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Just hours prior to a mass shooting in Maine that killed 18, Congressman Mike Thompson, D-Yolo, delivered a letter he co-wrote with Nancy Pelosi and 90 members of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force to new House Speaker Mike Johnson urging him to take action on gun violence prevention.
As our planet grapples with the consequences of manmade climate change and the excessive summer heat it is causing, a lesser-known repercussion is coming to light: its correlation with the
Excessive summer heat it is causing, a lesser-known repercussion is coming to light: : its correlation with the uptick in gun violence.
Said Ashbey Beasley: "Gun violence is the No. 1 killer of children and teens — it has overtaken cars."
CDC data for 2021 shows that 23,198 people ages 1 to 19 died in 2021. Firearm deaths, 4,733, were the No. 1 cause.