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Originally Posted by RedskinRat
This surely is a cold comfort to those either injured or related to those killed by firearms. It should make people think about the sudden interest and motivation in more gun control issue though.
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Gun deaths for children ages 7 and younger have gone up a whole lot this year ,guess it's all how you look at it. Yet as you say I'm sure it is cold comfort to the parents of the dead children.
Here are some stats that aren't as good.
Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence – Gun Law Information Experts
And some more...
Gun Safety for Kids and Youth: Your Child: University of Michigan Health System
What are the statistics about young people and firearm deaths and injuries?
The 2002 edition of
Injury Facts from the National Safety Council reports the following statistics [
1] :
- In 1999, 3,385 children and youth ages 0-19 years were killed with a gun. This includes homicides, suicides, and unintentional injuries.
- This is equivalent to about 9 deaths per day, a figure commonly used by journalists.
- The 3,385 firearms-related deaths for age group 0-19 years breaks down to:
- 214 unintentional
- 1,078 suicides
- 1,990 homicides
- 83 for which the intent could not be determined
- 20 due to legal intervention
- Of the total firearms-related deaths:
- 73 were of children under five years old
- 416 were children 5-14 years old
- 2,896 were 15-19 years old
These numbers are from 1999, if all the New laws could save just one child it and they would be worth it.