Failure to control guns killed Charlie Kirk
... We live in a country where firearms have become the leading cause of death for children and teens. Where there are more guns than people. Where the sound of gunshots echo from classrooms, churches and city streets day after day and year after year. This year alone there have been more than 300 mass shootings in America so far.
This isn’t normal. It isn’t inevitable. It’s a preventable public health crisis – and we can and must do something about it.
As a medical doctor and governor of Hawaii, I’ve seen how gun violence shatters lives, destroys families and takes children from their parents. I also know that most Americans – gun owners and non-owners alike – support commonsense action to prevent gun violence ...
The United States suffers dramatically higher rates of gun violence than any other developed nation. In 2023, more than 46,000 Americans died from gun-related injuries – equivalent to a gun death every 11 minutes. More than half of these deaths were suicides. Others were homicides, often involving young men and handguns. Mass shootings, though a small fraction of overall gun deaths, are rising in frequency ...
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-12/charlie-kirk-assassination-gun-violence
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