In Harm's Way
This series sheds light on a problem I read about every day, but have never been able to get my head around: the gun deaths of children. I’ve wondered about how serious a problem it is (incredibly serious, to the point of being a public health issue), whether the problem is getting worse (it is), and what’s driving the problem (the availability of and access to a growing number of guns). The Times focused on Florida’s children, examining millions of hospital discharge records, as well as data collected by the state’s medical examiners. The main finding: Between 2010 and 2015, nearly 3,200 k…
