Posted on Apr 26, 2023
Study finds gun assault rates doubled for children in 4 major cities during pandemic
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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/04/26/ [login to see] /study-finds-gun-assault-rates-doubled-for-children-in-4-major-cities-during-pand
Rates of gun assaults on children roughly doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study that looked at gun deaths and injuries in four major cities. Black children were the most frequent victims.
The analysis from Boston University included a review of gun assaults between March 2020 and December 2021 in Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and New York.
It found that Black children in those cities were 100 times more likely than white children to be victims of fatal and nonfatal shootings. Researchers did not include accidents or incidents of self-harm.
Rates of gun assaults on children roughly doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study that looked at gun deaths and injuries in four major cities. Black children were the most frequent victims.
The analysis from Boston University included a review of gun assaults between March 2020 and December 2021 in Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and New York.
It found that Black children in those cities were 100 times more likely than white children to be victims of fatal and nonfatal shootings. Researchers did not include accidents or incidents of self-harm.
Study finds gun assault rates doubled for children in 4 major cities during pandemic
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Firearms and Guns
Violence
Children
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Issue is multi-faceted, but US has far more guns per capita than other nations. Some gun owners do not properly secure their weapons to avoid misuse by minors.
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In many respects it doesn’t take a genius to figure some of this out. Schools were shut down, many kids in the inner cities have one parent, if that parent is working who is making sure the kids are online with their teacher. Hmmmmm! Yeah, they are on social media or roaming the streets. Just my 2 cents.
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PO3 Shayne Seibert
The lockdowns created a whole new level of feral children. It sucks that it hit minorities the hardest, but you don't learn if you don't get hurt I guess. God knows nobody is learning anything in schools anymore, because the threat of corporal punishment is gone.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."At the Cohen children's hospital in Queens, gun injury prevention starts with asking all patients some screening questions about firearm access and risk factors, Sathya explains, and providing trauma-informed services to violently injured patients.
In Philadelphia, Kaliek Hayes founded a nonprofit called the Childhoods Lost Foundation. Hayes and other community leaders in neighborhoods where gun violence is prevalent work to reach children and teens early, and make sure they don't get involved.
As alternatives, they connect children to a network of after-school mentorship programs, arts opportunities, and career prep offerings.
"If we err on the side of getting in front of it before it happens, a lot of the numbers we're seeing would be different," Hayes says."
..."At the Cohen children's hospital in Queens, gun injury prevention starts with asking all patients some screening questions about firearm access and risk factors, Sathya explains, and providing trauma-informed services to violently injured patients.
In Philadelphia, Kaliek Hayes founded a nonprofit called the Childhoods Lost Foundation. Hayes and other community leaders in neighborhoods where gun violence is prevalent work to reach children and teens early, and make sure they don't get involved.
As alternatives, they connect children to a network of after-school mentorship programs, arts opportunities, and career prep offerings.
"If we err on the side of getting in front of it before it happens, a lot of the numbers we're seeing would be different," Hayes says."
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