I n 2015, Detroit suffered a record number of deaths of children who accidentally killed themselves after accessing guns in their own homes. That same year, the Journal for Urban Health conducted a survey estimating that at least 7% of U.S. children (4.6 million) live in a home with at least one firearm that is stored loaded and unlocked. (This number was more than twice that reported in 2002.) The most recent National Vital Statistics Report shows something never before seen in the United States—life expectancy decreasing for the second consecutive year with increasing mortality from unintentional injuries, homicides, and suicides … Download the full article below.