Nearly 1,300 Children Die From Gunshot Wounds In U.S. Each Year, Report Shows

“However difficult it may be to confront the problem of firearm injuries in our children, youth, and families, we cannot ignore the magnitude of this ongoing public health crisis,” Dr. Eliot Nelson, a pediatrician and professor at University of Vermont College of Medicine, wrote in an editorial accompanying the analysis. “Our time-honored role in preventive medicine, central to our pediatric mission, compels us to act.”