The Takeaway

The Ongoing Gun Violence Crisis in the U.S.


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Data compiled by the gun safety advocacy organization Everytown for Gun Safety shows that nationwide there were 202 incidents of gunfire on school grounds in 2021, which led to 49 deaths and over 100 injuries, so we began the show by looking at  the psychological toll of school shootings with Dave Cullen, author of the books Columbine and Parkland: Birth of a Movement and Laura Wilson, associate professor of psychology at University of Mary Washington and editor of "The Wiley Handbook of the Psychology of Mass Shootings.”

We heard from Nicole Hockley who lost her 6-year-old son, Dylan in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary shooting; David Hogg, one of the survivors from the Parkland shooting, and now a fierce advocate for change; Teyonna Lofton, gun violence survivor and activist; and Representative Robin Kelly about reform efforts being made in Congress.  

 

 

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