NCJW DALLAS RAISES AWARENESS ON GUN VIOLENCE
NCJW Dallas WEARS ORANGE every day. We advocate for GUN SAFETY legislation. Our projects support victims of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. We EDUCATE.
17 children accidentally shot themselves or someone else in Texas in 2015.
Guns were the second cause of accidental death for children in Harris County between 2011-2014.
687 women were killed by an intimate partner with a firearm in Texas between 2007-2016.
It’s estimated that nearly 40% of Texas households have guns.
200,000 children are estimated to live in homes with loaded,
unlocked firearms accessible to them..
Study found that household gun ownership doubles the risk
of homicide and triplesthe risk of suicide for those with access to
firearms.
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