Late last year, gun violence surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for kids in America. According to data from The New England Journal of Medicine, the gun-death rate for children is nearly five in every 100,000. The New York Times added that, “The number of children who die by suicide with a gun has also risen to a historical high over the last decade.”
Still, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—who likes to make a lot of noise about abortions, woke-ism, drag queens and transgender youth—quietly signed permitless carry into law this week, doing away with decades old-licensing processes, including a requirement that folks undergo background screenings and firearms training to carry concealed weapons.
Yesterday in downtown Tampa, Moms Demand Action, a nationwide nonprofit advocating for increased gun safety legislation, was in Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park to once again say “enough,” push back on what the group calls “a reckless, extreme law,” and demand more action to curb the epidemic of gun-related child death.
