We often talk about the cost for our freedoms. I think we need to start tabulating the cost for the increasingly unfettered access to guns with high capacities and high muzzle velocities that kill many people quickly.

In 2020, firearms overtook auto accidents as the leading cause of death for kids in the US. And while the mass shootings take the attention and headlines, it’s the day to day firearm deaths that have increased most, with 65% of child firearm deaths being homicides.

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/22/1094364930/firearms-leading-cause-of-death-in-children

In 2018, Texas passed a plan for gardening school security. They also pledged to increase mental health access. They also made it easier to get and carry guns. And Gov Abbott has publicly tried to really Texans to buy more guns. We saw on Tuesday what that did.

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/24/texas-gun-laws-uvalde-mass-shootings/

We need to weigh, as a society, what cost we’re willing to pay. It seems America accepts this death as we continue to avoid even trying the solutions related to reducing the number and power of guns in our communities.

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