Myths About Gun Violence: June 2nd is National Gun Violence Awareness Day
by Gregg Chadwick You may have noticed that many folks are wearing orange shirts today. Or perhaps a friend changed their avatar to orange. That's because today is National Gun Violence Awareness Day. In his press briefing this morning, current Presidential Press Secretary Sean Spicer gave a shout out to National Donut Day, but not National Gun Violence Awareness Day. In a complete contrast Senator Kamala Harris expressed on twitter that -> Women are 16x more likely to be killed with guns in the U.S than in other developed countries. What will it take for us to act? #WearOrange There's a lot of misinformation going around about gun violence. Here are the facts. #WearOrange pic.twitter.com/S7HxElYacn — The Root (@TheRoot) June 2, 2017 The Root created a powerful video (shown above) that clears up some of the misconceptions surrounding gun violence. AJ+ shows the human costs of gun violence in the video below: Many will #WearOrange today on National Gun Vio...