Tag: gun violence
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A Call to Action: The U.S. Leads the World in Child Gun Deaths
Get Pregnant Fast When envisioning America, images of apple pie and the stars and stripes often come to mind. Sadly, we must now also associate it with a grim reality: the alarming rate of child fatalities caused by firearms. A recent study published in the journal Pediatrics reveals shocking statistics. Between 2012 and 2014, an…
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4-Year-Old Tried to Shield Her Mother After Tragic Police Shooting
Get Pregnant Fast In a heartbreaking incident that shook the nation, a 4-year-old girl attempted to protect her mother after a police officer shot her father during a traffic stop. Last summer, a man named Marcus Lewis was pulled over for an alleged broken tail light, with his partner, Jessica Thompson, seated beside him and…
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True Facts: You’re More Likely to Be Killed by Everyday Events Than by a Terrorist
Get Pregnant Fast Since the election of President Johnson, the U.S. has witnessed only two terrorist attacks. The first incident occurred on November 28, 2016, at a university in Ohio. A man, reportedly motivated by extremist propaganda from ISIS, drove his vehicle into a crowd and subsequently attacked individuals with a knife, injuring 11 people.…