Comment on An American slaughter: The young victims of America’s gun culture

An American slaughter: The young victims of America’s gun culture

(Credit: Apple/Salon) This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch. Every day, on average, seven kids and teens are shot dead in America. Election 2016 will undoubtedly prove consequential in many ways, but lowering that death count won’t be one of them. To grapple with fatalities on that scale — 2,500 dead children annually — a candidate would need a thoroughgoing plan for dealing with America’s gun culture that goes well beyond background checks.

 

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