Active Shooter Incident in Uvalde, Texas
A mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas has left at least 15 people dead today. UUJMCA condemns this violence and supports all efforts to end these vile attacks.
The first four months of U.S. gun violence in 2022, as of May 2nd:
• 6,296 gun deaths
• 11,653 gun injuries
• 173 mass shootings
• 325 children shot
• 1,480 teenagers shot
• 360 incidents of defensive gun use
• 467 unintentional shootings~8,052 suicides [CDC estimate]
Please note that the numbers may change due to logging/updating past incidents from April, these are real-time numbers as of the time posted today. source: Gun Violence Archive published to Facebook.
UUA’s Action Plan to Prevent Gun Violence:
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The UUA and UUJMCA stand in solidarity with leaders in our community who condemn violent crime against others, hate crime, hate speech, racism, and gun violence.