Description
Book SynopsisThe toll of America's gun violence epidemic is usually measured in lives lostmore than 35,000 each year. Ignored, almost completely, are the many more people who are shot every year, and survive.
Shot and Forgotten, The Trace
Nearly 40,000 people die from gun violence in the US every year. This uniquely American crisis leaves no community untouchedbut it doesn't have to be this way. Gabrielle Giffords
The Forgotten Survivors of Gun Violence collects 20 personal essays of survivors' visible and invisible wounds from school shootings, attempted suicide by firearm, mass shootings, gang violence, and domestic violence. Their stories remind us that these traumatic experiences are not exclusive to combat soldiers but, more notably, suffered by ordinary people during modern life. With this collection, editors Loren Kleinman,Shavaun Scott, Sandy Phillips andLonnie Phillips expose the true lifecycle of a bullet and the trauma left in its w
Table of Contents
1 Armed Assault
2 Armed Intruder
3 Armed Robbery
4 Domestic Violence
5 Hate Crime
6 Mass Shooting
7 Random Open Fire
8 School Shootings
9 Support Resources for Survivors, Their Loved Ones and Advocates
