Opinion: A pediatric doctor calls for more gun safety
“We have an opportunity to decrease preventable gun deaths in Memphis. Please act as if the lives of our children depend on it because they do,” Erica C. Kaye writes. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Erica C. Kaye
Erica C. Kaye is a pediatric doctor at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
“For the third consecutive year in a row, the No. 1 cause of death for American children and teens is gunshot wounds. More than car accidents, more than cancer — our kids are dying from guns.”
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