2023 New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Policy Agenda

 

Dear Charles, New York State lawmakers returned to Albany this week to resume the state legislative session and focus on New York State's budget.  As legislators negotiate their priorities, we need your help to ensure that lawmakers champion new state measures that will prevent gun violence by investing in our communities and young people. Take action TODAY and click here to tell your state legislators to pass these bills! 1. The School Anti-Violence Education Act (S.4598/A.4917) 2. Medicaid Reimbursements to Expand Community Violence Intervention Services (S.580/A.2893) 3. Fair Access to Victim Compensation (S.214/A.2105) 4. Excise Tax on Ammunition Sales to Fund Violence Intervention Programs (S.270/A.9553A) These are evidence-based, trauma-informed solutions that will make New Yorkers safer.  You can learn more about our policy priorities here. Thank you for taking action and saving lives! In Solidarity, Rebecca G. Fischer, Executive Director www.NYAGV.org

From Kaiser Health NewsNews Release

Firearms are the Leading Cause of Death for Children in the United States But Rank No Higher Than Fifth in Other Industrialized Nations

Jul 08, 2022

Firearms are now the number one cause of death for children in the United States, but rank no higher than fifth in 11 other large and wealthy countries, a new KFF analysis finds.

Guns – including accidental deaths, suicides, and homicides – killed 4,357 children (ages 1-19 years old) in the United States in 2020, or roughly 5.6 per 100,000 children.

In each of the peer countries, guns kill fewer children than motor vehicles, cancer, congenital diseases, and other injuries, and often behind other conditions such as heart disease.

The U.S. is the only country among its peers that has seen a substantial increase in the rate of child firearm deaths in the last two decades (42%). All comparably large and wealthy countries have seen child firearm deaths fall since 2000. These peer nations had an average child firearm death rate of 0.5 per 100,000 children in the year 2000, falling 56% to 0.3 per 100,000 children in 2019.