Hundreds of people dressed in orange gathered in San Francisco Sunday to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge in honor of National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
Many, like Mattie Scott, shared stories about how their lives have changed because of gun violence. Today she’s saddened that other parents are still losing kids for the same reason. Gunmen burst into a room at a men’s hostel near the eastern South African city of Durban, killing eight people and leaving two others injured, police said Sunday, in the latest mass shooting in the country.
"This is an epidemic that has gotten out of proportion," Scott said. "It's time for the American people to pay attention to it." According to the CDC, guns are the leading cause of death among kids in America. In 2021, 54% of the nearly 49,000 gun-related deaths were suicide. 43% were homicides. Attendees like gun violence survivor Aurthor Renowitzky said seeing all the participants gave them hope. "When I woke up in the hospital, I had no hope; I was depressed, I felt down, I wanted to take my own life at that point," Renowitzky said.
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