Gun violence disproportionately affects communities of color, women, and other marginalized groups daily. Everytown for Gun Safety states, Black Americans are 10 times more likely than white Americans to die by gun homicide.
Once you lose someone to gun violence, there is a fear that is deeply embedded that goes far beyond your personal connection to it, but it shapes who you are, and seeds a never-ending fear that it could happen again to another person you love.
If you are struggling with the result of a shooting incident in your life. The emotions of it all can be overwhelming.
Here are some resources that may help.
Center for Victims.
Center for Victims provides a broad range of therapeutic services to victims and witnesses, their families and other significant people in their lives.