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New Report Highlights How Gun Violence Affects Children

By Penny Okamoto, Executive Director of Ceasefire Oregon

A new report highlight the grim cost of gun violence. This medical study, published in the medical journal Pediatrics, reports that over 7,000 children are killed or hospitalized due to gun violence every year. An additional 3,000 die from gunshot wounds before they ever reach the hospital.

http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/the-toll-gun-violence-children