Just two days into 2025, our communities are already reeling from gun violence that will impact them for the rest of their lives.
Between New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day alone, there were more than 200 shootings across the country—78 people were killed and another 197 people were injured.
We can’t grow numb to the fact that holidays in America are too often marred by gun violence. Here is just a snapshot of the last few days:
- At least 15 people were killed and another 35 were injured in an act of armed extremism after a man drove a pickup truck into crowds in the French Quarter of New Orleans, which ended in a shootout with the police where the suspect was killed and two officers were injured.
- 10 people between the ages of 16 and 20 were shot and injured outside a nightclub in Queens on New Year’s Day.
- Two brothers were shot and killed and another five people were wounded in a mass shooting at a New Year’s Day party in Kankakee, Illinois.
- A woman was shot and killed in Kissimmee, Florida after she was hit by a stray bullet. Officers believe that the shooting was an act of celebratory gunfire on New Year’s Eve.
- A six-year-old girl was shot by a stray bullet in Omaha, Nebraska on New Year’s Eve.
- In Chester, Pennsylvania, a 16-year-old was shot and injured by a stray bullet in what sources believe was celebratory gunfire on New Year’s Eve.
Everyday gun violence and armed extremism are the result of choices made by lawmakers who prioritize gun industry profits over our lives.
125 people are killed by guns every day, but it doesn’t have to be this way—our children and our communities deserve better. They deserve to live.
These tragedies are not inevitable.
Angela Ferrell-Zabala
Executive Director, Moms Demand Action
& Senior Vice President of Movement Building
Everytown for Gun Safety
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