WBEZ: Chicago teens help create a campaign to prevent gun violence

A new campaign from the gun violence prevention group Project Unloaded has a key message for teens: “Just one gun can change the story.”

By Max Lubbers

“While I was out, my little brother snuck into my room and found my ____.” “I knew he was feeling ____. I didn’t know he had gotten a ____.” “Everyone was ____ at the park, until someone pulled up with a ____.”

Those “fill-in-the-blanks” scenarios, part of the “Guns Change The Story” campaign from Project Unloaded, focus on teens.

The key message? That everyday interactions become all the more risky when a gun enters the scene.

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