Opinion: We need to stop gun violence against children
Regan Williams
Dr. Regan Williams is medical director of Trauma Services at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor at University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She can be reached at rfwillia@uthsc.edu.
Memphis leads the nation in unintentional shootings involving children. That fact alone should give all of us pause.
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