A recent political cartoon by Mike Lukovich had a caption/commentary on U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan: “Our times up here. We are being redeployed to a war zone.”

As it turns out, gun violence deaths are higher in the U.S. than in Afghanistan, according to a recent NPR article: Gun Violence Deaths: How The U.S. Compares With The Rest Of The World. In addition, there are more gun deaths in children 4 and younger than police (NY Times: How Do We Stop the Parade of Gun Deaths? April 3, 2021).

Related blog posts:

• No Exaggeration: Too Many Children Are Dying in the U.S. “The sad fact is that a child or adolescent in the United States is 57% more likely to die by the age of 19 years than those in other wealthy nations.” This is due mainly to more deaths from MVAs and from gun violence.
• Firearm Mortality -Tragic Inertia
• Gun Violence-What Will It Take to Change Anything?
• Shush -Let’s Not Talk About Firearm Safety
• Another Day in the US: School Deaths Related to Firearms
• Is It OK for Pediatricians to try to Prevent Firearm Injuries? Focus on Child Safety –Not on Gun Safety  “We know that nearly 1 in 10 families with guns admit to keeping at least 1 gun loaded and unlocked, and nearly one-half keep at least 1 gun unlocked.”
• Physician narrative on gun control | gutsandgrowth
• NY Times: End the Gun Epidemic in America |gutsandgrowth
• A Call to Arms for Health Care Professionals
• Senseless Gun Homicides