What comes after the gunshot is so often not talked about,
Dr. Song calculated the annual cost of firearms injuries in lost wages and medical spending as $557 billion, or 2.6 percent of gross domestic product. The new study is the first to focus on the cost of nonfatal gunshot wounds, he said.
These wounds can be especially catastrophic in children, whose bodies are so small that the amount of tissue destroyed is greater.
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