What I find interesting is that it's primarily homicides in those figures. I think when a lot of people see the stat, me included, they thought it was kids playing around with unsecured guns. But no, it's murder - the stats don't specify whether the murderer was an adult or another child/teen.
When accounting for only accidental and undetermined deaths, they wouldn't even account for top 10. In terms of accidental deaths, automobiles are something like 20 times more deadly.
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C-D-W on May 14th, 2026 at 20:37 UTC »
What I find interesting is that it's primarily homicides in those figures. I think when a lot of people see the stat, me included, they thought it was kids playing around with unsecured guns. But no, it's murder - the stats don't specify whether the murderer was an adult or another child/teen.
When accounting for only accidental and undetermined deaths, they wouldn't even account for top 10. In terms of accidental deaths, automobiles are something like 20 times more deadly.
Rough-Demand-8195 on May 14th, 2026 at 21:10 UTC »
Only if you don't include children 0-2 years old and include 19 year old adults in order to get that result.
Gun violence is not the #1 cause of death for any age group of actual children.
WhineyLobster on May 15th, 2026 at 00:04 UTC »
edit: im ethically bound to remove my wrong comment.