Intentional firearm injuries on the rise in Alaska

A medical image shows a bullet in a child’s head. (Creative Commons photo by Teseum)
State officials say there has been a significant increase in the number of intentional firearm injuries in recent years, marking a shift from when accidental shootings were more common in Alaska.
KTUU reports that the chairman of the Alaska Trauma System Review Committee, Dr. Frank Sacco, says the number of intentional firearm injuries has nearly doubled in the last three or four years. He says those injur