Gun Violence Prevention

The purpose of the Gun Violence Prevention Ministry Team is to empower Unity Church and its membership to be active citizens in this process of dialogue and creation of policy. If you would like to learn more about the work of this team, please complete the online form on this page.

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The following are among matters about which Unity’s Gun Violence Prevention Team would like our church friends to be ever aware: 

• Gun violence is the second leading cause of death of all children and youth across the United States.
• Gun violence is the leading cause of death among African American males ages 15-34. It is the second leading cause of death for Latino males in the same age group. 
• An average of 5,790 children in the United States receive emergency room treatment for gun related injuries each year. 
• Toddlers with guns kill more Americans than foreign terrorists do.
• The direct cost of gun violence in Minnesota is $764 million per year. That includes health care costs ($32 million), law enforcement and criminal justice expenses ($31 million), employer costs ($4.5 million), and lost income ($696 million). And the reduced quality of life attributable to pain and suffering comes at a considerable cost. 
• Each gun death averages about $6 million in total costs.
• Gun violence costs America $229 billion or $700 per American per year. 

This information was gathered among considerable other statistics by our partner organization Protect Minnesota.
We welcome you to join your voice with ours in the critical work of gun violence prevention! Our team meets every other third Thursday, between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. Our next gathering will be at church on May 15.

Join Protect Minnesota!

Each ministry team at Unity Church is required to partner with an organization outside of the church. Unity's Gun Violence Prevention Ministry Team partners with Protect Minnesota, the only independent state-focused organization working for reasonable gun safety policy solutions in Minnesota. We urge all of you to look at their website and to join the organization. We think that it is positive, focused and reliable.