Two-year-old A’mahri Robinson loved being outdoors and taking rides in his pull-along wagon. His mother called him sweet, affectionate, and full of love.
In March, he was shot and killed in his mother’s arms.
A’mahri was killed in Jacksonville — one of the most dangerous places in Florida for a child to grow up. But his story isn’t an isolated tragedy. Between 2018 and 2024, more than 4,000 children under the age of 18 were hospitalized in Florida for firearm injuries.
That is roughly 1.5 children every single day taking a bullet.
These children aren’t just statistics; they are kids like 18-year-old Rashaud Fields, who was shot hours after graduating high school with a full football scholarship. They are kids like Maurice Hobbs, who celebrated turning 18 with cake in the kitchen, only to be gunned down two days later.
The data shows these shootings aren’t happening at random. Overwhelmingly, they are concentrated in historically segregated, neglected Black and Latino ZIP codes — neighborhoods left behind by city leaders for generations.
And yet, state leaders act like this crisis doesn’t exist.
When the Surgeon General declared gun violence a public health crisis, Governor Ron DeSantis called it an “unconstitutional power-grab.” The Florida Department of Health’s strategic plan lists goals to prevent drownings and car crashes, but doesn’t mention guns once. Instead of passing common-sense safety laws, Florida passed permitless concealed carry.
As one local advocate put it: “There isn’t an agenda to end gun violence in the state of Florida.”
If the politicians won’t create an agenda to save young lives, we will.
Thank you for standing with us, insisting on truth, and believing in a world where our communities can truly thrive.
— Team MFOL
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