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After the shooting of 14 students and three adults at a Florida high school by a former student, parents and students rallied to say: Never again. But #SinceParkland, nearly 1,200 young lives have been taken by gunfire in the U.S. miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
That means that #SinceParkland, the United States have had enough young gun victims to fill three ultra-wide Boeing 777s, and the true number is certainly higher because no government agency keeps a real-time tally. miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
.@teamtrace wanted to acknowledge those lost lives. It assembled a team of more than 200 journalists — kids themselves — to research and write short portraits of every victim, 18 and under, for that 365-day period. sinceparkland.org #SinceParkland
On the week of the anniversary of the #Parkland massacre, @teamtrace is publishing those portraits and @MiamiHerald and @McClatchy are presenting a series of stories on the year in gun violence against children. sinceparkland.org/about #SinceParkland
Most of these young people were not shot at school, but at home, on the street, with friends, or while riding bicycles. For example…
#SinceParkland, at least 150 children have died in accidental shootings. But do careless gun owners go to jail when their kids shoot themselves? Not always. miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
#SinceParkland, more than 130 children were shot and killed in domestic situations — the vast majority being murder-suicides. miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
In Florida alone, there have been about 80 gun deaths — including the Parkland students — of youths 18 and under in the year #SinceParkland miamiherald.com/news/state/flo…
But no city, relative to its size, has been so scarred by gun violence as Delaware’s biggest city, Wilmington. It was dubbed “The Most Dangerous Place in America for Youth.” miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
Although Parkland seemed certain to change the parameters of the gun debate in America, 2018 looked a lot like 1929, when Americans were shocked and appalled by the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, yet did little to alter their country’s gun law. miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
In order to track 365 days of gun-related deaths #SinceParkland, @McClatchy and @teamtrace pulled data from @GunDeaths and compiled a database of law enforcement media and records contacts to request reports from more than 600 agencies. miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo…
A team of @McClatchy journalists from across the country contributed to #SinceParkland, including: @caseyfrank1 @ceostroff @Tallbrighty @eddiemalvarez @VirginiaBridges @TimChitwoodLE @lexicortes @DriscollAmy @liz_lines @glenngarvin @jessicapgilbert @KevinGHall (continued)
More @McClatchy journalists that contributed to #SinceParkland include: @khamersly @harrisalexc @JasonKochBND @EmilyMichot @jmonkatthestate @MatiasOcner @PhillipHReese @robertsonkcstar @dianeasmith1 @CTeproff @annatinsley @tompkinscondie @ModestoBeeCrime @martindvassolo
You can read the entire #SinceParkland series at miamiherald.com/sinceparkland
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