To stop gun violence in Chattanooga, efforts need to be focused on mental health and other root causes, not only its symptoms, residents and leaders agreed at a city summit Friday.
A Tennessee group including family of gun violence victims, doctors and Black clergy Wednesday called for lawmakers and the public to understand gun violence as a public health crisis and respond accordingly with robust research, community investment and evidence-based safety measures.
Marissa Player-Montgomery was sexually assaulted at age 14, she said by phone Thursday. Her Seventh-day Adventist community frowned on abortion, and she had the resulting child, she said, but the violation left her traumatized, scared of everybody around her and she lacked the tools to process what had happened.
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