Sentences with phrase «from gun violence»

A child dies from gun violence every hour on the hour.

10,000 people die yearly from gun violence and congress can't pass a bill.

«Hudson Valley families deserve a Senator who will ensure our schools are fully funded and that all New Yorkers have access to fair paying jobs, high - quality health care, and communities safe from gun violence,» said Phil Leber, the Hudson Region political director for the WFP.

, Nehmad hand stitches the number of average yearly deaths from gun violence in America from 2014 — 2016 as the stripes of an American flag - 7 stripes comprised of black x's representing suicides, 6 stripes of red crosses representing homicides.

Senate Democrats once again addressed this issue head - on with proposals to protect our communities from gun violence, and again the Senate Republicans voted these measures down.»

NEA's president, Lily Eskelsen García, said last month that «bringing more guns into our schools does nothing to protect our students and educators from gun violence.»

Assaults by firearm kill about 11,000 people in the US each year, which translates to a roughly 1 - in - 370 lifetime chance of death from gun violence.

Survivors, students, and parents of victims of past school shootings — including the most recent massacre in Parkland, Florida, where a gunman murdered 17 — gathered at the White House to share their stories and ideas for protecting students from gun violence.

To date, 865,481 have taken the «promise to do all I can to protect children from gun violence by encouraging and supporting solutions.»

«After I got appointed (to the Senate), I went down to Brooklyn to meet with families who had suffered from gun violence in their communities,» Gillibrand said, according to the «60 Minutes» transcript.

Griff Jenkins reports from Washington D.C. Voters prioritize protecting citizens from gun violence over...

We applaud Senators Brian Kavanagh and Brad Hoylman along with Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon for building the effort to seek passage of this critical bill that will save lives from gun violence,» said Nico Bocour, State Legislative Director for Giffords.

I am fighting for true equality for all; for equal pay and fair treatment at work, expanded voting rights, educational equity, criminal justice reform, freedom from gun violence in our schools and on our streets, and health care for all Americans.

In the wake of the shooting last Wednesday, Levine tweeted an emotional video of himself responding to the attack in which he questioned the Legislature's ability to protect residents from gun violence.

Surgeons General dating back to Ronald Reagan appointee C. Everett Koop have consistently cited the medical damage from gun violence as a major public health threat; Adams didn't reject that logic, but his wording underscores just how politically fraught the issue is.

«There should be a robust discussion about who is best suited to continue Congresswoman McCarthy's mission to protect families from gun violence,» Abrahams said.

CDC: 1,300 children die each year from gun violence.

Protesters are demanding protection from gun violence, including a ban on assault weapons such as the rifle used in Parkland, a prohibition on high - capacity magazines that let killers shoot long bursts without reloading, and more effective background checks for gun purchases.

The campaign includes the release of a Mother's Bill of Rights, laying out the basic rights the group believes moms want and need to protect their kids from gun violence.

Cuomo honored the families of Michael Chiapperini and Tomasz Kaczowka, the two West Webster, N.Y., firefighters who were killed in an ambush Christmas Eve, and Rochester's chief of police called on the state to lead the nation in protecting its citizens and first responders from gun violence.

One pressing question that even a small team could address is why California's annual death rate from gun violence has dropped by roughly 20 % since 2000 while the nationwide rate has not changed.

A public health approach to protecting children as well as adults from gun violence involves three levels of prevention: (1) universal approaches promoting safety and well - being for everyone; (2) practices for reducing risk and promoting protective factors for persons experiencing difficulties; and (3) interventions for individuals where violence is present or appears imminent.

Given the National PTA's history of advocacy for the safety of children and youth, Project Appleseed supports the National PTA and federal efforts to protect children and youth from gun violence.

At this particular moment, our bodies face an outlandish number of threats ranging from gun violence, to legislation against reproductive rights, to widespread sexual abuse.

«I marched for EVERY single innocent life that has been stolen from gun violence whether in school, places of worship, movie theaters, music festivals, malls, restaurants, on the streets or in the comfort of their own homes,» he wrote on Twitter.

«Planned Parenthood stands with the students organizing rallies across Indiana and Kentucky to demand safety from gun violence in their schools.»

A new survey finds only a quarter of Michigan teachers think arming teachers will make students safer from gun violence.

After 205 people died from gun violence in St. Louis last year, the city's research universities and hospitals decided to take steps to reduce such deaths.

Lily Eskelsen García, president of the NEA, the teachers lobby, said last month that «bringing more guns into our schools does nothing to protect our students and educators from gun violence.

First Daughter Ivanka Trump says she doesn't know if her father's proposal of arming teachers with firearms would protect students from gun violence.

Senator Brad Hoylman, sponsor of S6902 which bans bump stocks, and co-prime sponsor of S7133 which creates extreme risk protection orders, said: «Legislators at every level of government have a responsibility to protect our children and communities from gun violence.

«After I got appointed, I went down to Brooklyn to meet with families who had suffered from gun violence in their communities,» Gillibrand said during an interview on CBS» 60 Minutes on Sunday night.

Protecting citizens from gun violence should take precedence over protecting gun owners» rights, a majority of voters said, according to a Fox News poll released Sunday.

Edna Lizbeth Chavez, a 17 - year - old from South Los Angeles, spoke of her brother, Ricardo, who lost his life from gun violence.

With a primary focus on New York State, the organization also advocates at the local and national levels for sensible gun laws, policies and practices to protect New York State residents from gun violence.

We call on all the adults in Congress elected to represent us, to pass legislation that will protect and save children from gun violence.

senseless death from gun violence.

Alter8tion's Web site also includes statistics about the effect of gun violence on youths, including 2002 data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that 2,867 U.S. children died from gun violence in 2002, the most recent year for which statistics are available.

Wells Fargo wants schools and communities to be safe from gun violence, but changes to laws and regulations should be determined through a legislative process that gives the American public an opportunity to participate.

Below is how the lifetime odds of dying from gun violence (highlighted in red, gun suicides and accidents excluded) stack up against many causes of death for Americans:

These measures also suggest Americans are more likely to die from gun violence than the combined risks of drowning, fire and smoke, stabbing, choking on food, airplane crashes, animal attacks, and forces of nature.

I want the focus to be on the kids who are dying from gun violence every day.»

WASHINGTON — Standing before vast crowds from Washington to Los Angeles to Parkland, Fla., the speakers — nearly all of them students, some still in elementary school — delivered an anguished and defiant message: They are «done hiding» from gun violence, and will «stop at nothing» to get politicians to finally prevent it.

She has a speech prepared for the meeting; it includes «facts about the lives we lose in just one day» from gun violence.

These statements underline a host of hazards confronting children — from gun violence to poverty - and call for generous welfare policies.

10,000 people die from gun violence every year.