Joe Quint

Jane believes that one of the hardest parts of getting through the trauma she’s experienced as a result of domestic abuse and the suicide by gun deaths of her husband and son, is realizing that she is deserving of a better life.

During a robbery, Atiff’s nephew was shot once and was killed. Atiff was shot 15 times and survived for several months before succumbing to his injuries.

Luis will be the first to admit that he was making “grown man choices” at the age of only 14. Despite being all but paralyzed, he’s excited to provide his newborn son with the kind of positive male influence that he never experienced. He named him Prince so he’d grow up to be a king.

After being shot a number of times, Khyree typically doesn’t go outside very much.

If not for two police officers performing a “scoop and run” and taking him to the Temple University trauma center, Ian would’ve died moments later. He has their names tattooed on his chest.

Despite being a nonverbal quadriplegic, Dre dances and laughs a lot - which gives his family a semblance of peace. “I’ll defend to the end that my son was in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing. He asked me, “Mom, can I please go? My friends are going.”

As a chaplain at a major medical center, Eric has seen over 100 gunshot injuries. He channels his vicarious trauma into writing poetry.

“Anywhere, anytime, any way.”

When one of Eric’s parolees commit a violation, he questions what he - as an “armed social worker” - could’ve done differently.

Mary shows the spot where she shielded her daughter when a madman opened fire at a rally for Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.

Two of John’s three children were present during the mass shooting at the Noblesville West Middle School. As a former Marine who fought in combat zones, he doesn’t want his kids to experience that trauma in school.

The first time Sara was allowed to stay in the car by herself when her mother went shopping, she was car-jacked and forced on her knees before getting shot in the head,

On a New Years’ Eve many years ago, Joe was struck in the head by bullet that was shot as part of “celebratory gunfire. After undergoing multiple surgeries, the bullet remains… causing paralysis, double visions, and migraines.

After her son Jordan was shot and killed at a gas station in Jacksonville, FL, by a man objecting to the music he was playing in his car, Lucy McBath became a fierce gun control activist. She recently ran for Congress in the GA 6th and was elected to the US House of Representatives.

When asked how he manages since his step-brother killed his brother, J says, “I have a very, very, very strong family.”

After losing two daughters - one to gun violence and the other in an unrelated tragedy - Kerry believes that the whole point of living is to simply preserve life.

Shyanne visits the grave of her cousin, who was killed only months after her brother. The families mourn side by side.

Stephanie's four-year-old daughter was near her twin brother when she was struck and killed by a stray bullet fired on wide-open Federal land. Given the vast and completely unregulated area, it's impossible to locate the shooter.

Their brother was shot once and killed when he and his Uncle Atiff were robbed. Atiff was shot 15 times and survived for several months before succumbing to his injuries.

Lisa’s brother Jim, a firefighter in Rhode Island, was killed by a retired police officer following an argument at his son’s birthday. Jim was shot in front of the children.

"Just recently, I was sitting outside crying in the evening and Peter came with some leftover birthday candles. He put them in a tealight cup with dirt in it and lit them up and came up to me and gave me a big hug, sat down next to me and started telling me that, “Mom, please don’t cry. He is okay. He is … Nicholas is okay. He’s an angel now. He can fly. He is, he’s okay, you know.”

Shortly before ending his life with a gun, David’s son called 911 to tell them where police could find his body - so his parents wouldn’t worry.

Natasha's son Akeal, 14, was shot and killed on his way home from a party in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. Despite bars, stores, and bodegas that were all open at the time of the shooting, no one has stepped forward to identify the shooter.