On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we discuss a Guardian investigation about gun violence near elementary schools in Richmond, California.
Police recorded 2,351 shooting incidents in Richmond between 2013 and 2022. More than 80 percent of the shootings that took place near schools occurred within a half-mile of an elementary school.
Guns are now the leading cause of death for US children and teens, surpassing car accidents in 2020, according to the CDC. Gun deaths among America’s kids rose 50 percent in the last two years, according to a new Pew Research Center report. More children and teens were killed by guns in 2021 than in any year since 1999, the first year the CDC began tracking the data.
Guest:
Abené Clayton, lead reporter for Guns and Lies, a series from the Guardian about community gun violence in California
Web Resources:
The Guardian: Just putting a bandage on it’: one American classroom’s struggle with daily gun violence
The Guardian: Empty seats at US graduations reveal toll of gun violence: ‘We’re losing our kids’
The Guardian: ‘You can’t pour from an empty cup’: US violence prevention workers tell of burnout
The Guardian: White House calls on Republicans to act on gun control after Fourth of July weekend killings
The Hill: Democrats’ effort to force gun votes fizzles in House
The New York Times: After Mass Shootings, Republicans Expand Access to Guns
