Summary of John Woodrow Cox's Children Under Fire

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#1 Tyshaun McPhatter, age nine, had struggled with his emotions for months. He was a troublemaker, and his teachers and mother were always worried about him. But one day, he just lost it and started to cry.

#2 Ava, who is white, was a Daisy Scout and wanted to become a cheerleader. She lived in the town of Townville, which was known for its abundance of churches and gun rights. In late September 2016, a teenager drove up to the playground in a Dodge Ram and began firing at students.

#3 Tyshaun was growing up in a time of rapid gentrification in Washington, D. C. While his neighborhood was predominantly black, most residents didn’t support Trump in 2016. Tyshaun had a deep well of compassion for others, but he could also be extremely violent when teased or challenged.

#4 The loss of a child is devastating, but the fear and anger that follows can be even more so. For kids all over the country, gun violence is a public health crisis that’s both grossly underestimated and widely ignored.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822543522

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Tyshaun McPhatter, age nine, had struggled with his emotions for months. He was a troublemaker, and his teachers and mother were always worried about him. But one day, he just lost it and started to cry.

#2

Ava, who is white, was a Daisy Scout and wanted to become a cheerleader. She lived in the town of Townville, which was known for its abundance of churches and gun rights. In late September 2016, a teenager drove up to the playground in a Dodge Ram and began firing at students.

#3

Tyshaun was growing up in a time of rapid gentrification in Washington, D. C. While his neighborhood was predominantly black, most residents didn’t support Trump in 2016. Tyshaun had a deep well of compassion for others, but he could also be extremely violent when teased or challenged.

#4

The loss of a child is devastating, but the fear and anger that follows can be even more so. For kids all over the country, gun violence is a public health crisis that’s both grossly underestimated and widely ignored.

#5

In America, where guns are legal for the masses, well more than thirty thousand people are killed by guns every year. And while many focus on the children who are victims of gun violence, many more are the Avas and Tyshauns, who are victimized by the country’s gun laws but aren’t considered victims by our legal system.

#6

Tyshaun received two letters from the Supreme Court. The first was from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who was among the most important people in America. She wanted to encourage him and tell him that she was praying for him. The second was from Ava, who wanted to be his