TAKES A LOOK AT THE GRIM NUMBERS. ACCORDING TO THE CDC, MORE KIDS DIE BY FIREARMS THAN CAR ACCIDENTS. WE SPOKE WITH A VICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE WHO WAS CARJACKED RIGHT HERE IN THE HEA ORTF BELLE HAVEN, WHO SAYS HE’S TURNING A DEVASTATING SITUATION INTO A POSITIVE ONE. A GRIM STATISTIC IN THE MAGNOLIA STATE. LUCKILY, I WAS BLESSED TO NOT BE A STATISTIC AOR NUMBER. ALEX MOORE IS A VICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THE CAPITAL CITY. TWO MONTHS AGO, HE WAS HELD AT GUNPOINT OUTSIDE OF HIS HOME BECAUSE IT’NOS T NORMAL FOR YOU TO GET CARJACKED BY TWO PEOPLE WITH TWO GSUN AND WOUND UP NOT DYING. I DON’T KNOW WHY THEY DIDN’T PULL THE TRIGGER THAT DAY. MOORE SAYS HE’S LUCKY TO WALK AWAY FROM A SITUATION THAT COULD HAVE ENDED DIFFERENTLY, ACCORDING TO THE CDC IN 2020, MISSISSIPPI WAS NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION IN FIREARM MORTALITY PER 100,000 PEOPLE. THIS GRAPH SUGGESTS THAT MORE KIDS DIE BY FIREARMS THAN CAR ACCIDENTS. I THINK IT’S SAD THAT I FEEL LIKE THIS KIDS AREN’T GETTING LED TO SAFETY. IN THE CAPITAL CITY, WE’VE SEEN AN UPTICK IN YOUNG KIDS BEING VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE. JUST LAST WEEK AND ONE DAY, FOUR KIDS WERE SHOT IN SEPARATE SITUATIONS. ETHUATIONS. OLDEST WAS 16. THE YOUNGEST JUST SIX YEARS OLD. I’VE BEEN REMINDED OF HOW PURE AND HOW VITAL IT IS THAT WE GET TO THEM BEFORE THE WORLD GETS TO THEM. MOORE IS A LIFE COACH WHO MOSTLY DEALS WITH ADULTS, BUT HE SAYS TH AT COULD SOON CHANGE. I HAVE HAD IT ON MY HEART FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO GO SPEAK AT SCHOOLS BECAUSE I WAS BULLIED. MOORE GREW UP IN THE MAGNOLIA STATE AND HE SAYS TO SEE THIS STATISTIC CHANGE OVER YESAR IS JUST DEVASTATING. AND THAT’S WHY HE WANTS TO USE HIS CAREER TO HELP MAKAE DIFFERENCE IN JACKSON.
Mississippi No. 1 in US for gun death rate
‘We must take meaningful action to protect children,’ pediatrician says
Updated: 8:27 PM CDT May 30, 2022
Mississippi is No. 1 on a list no state wants to top: gun deaths. According to the Centers for Disease Control, Mississippi has had a higher gun mortality rate than any other state in the country for the year 2020. Mississippi had a death rate of 28.6, followed by Louisiana at 26.3. Hawaii had the lowest rate with 3.4. The statistic is based on the highest ratio of gun deaths to the population. Mississippi reported 818 gun-related deaths in 2020, according to the CDC. Mississippi also ranked No. 1 for homicides, with a death rate of 20.5, and 576 deaths.Dr. Anita Henderson, president of the Mississippi Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said firearms have now been taken over motor vehicle accidents as the leading cause of death in children. “We must take meaningful action to protect children now,” Henderson said in a tweet. The data is the latest available from the CDC.
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Mississippi is No. 1 on a list no state wants to top: gun deaths.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, Mississippi has had a higher gun mortality rate than any other state in the country for the year 2020.
Mississippi had a death rate of 28.6, followed by Louisiana at 26.3. Hawaii had the lowest rate with 3.4. The statistic is based on the highest ratio of gun deaths to the population.
Mississippi reported 818 gun-related deaths in 2020, according to the CDC. Mississippi also ranked No. 1 for homicides, with a death rate of 20.5, and 576 deaths.
dr Anita Henderson, president of the Mississippi Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said firearms have now been taken over motor vehicle accidents as the leading cause of death in children.
“We must take meaningful action to protect children now,” Henderson said in a tweet.
The data is the latest available from the CDC.
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