Fact: Children are 12 times more likely to die
in an automobile accident than from gun-related
homicides or legal interventions (being shot by
a cop, for example) if they are age 0-14. For
the group 0-24 years old (which bends the
definition of “child” quite a bit), the rate is still
8.6 times higher for cars.
Fact: In 2001, there were only 72 accidental
firearm deaths for children under age 15,
compared with over 2,100 children that
drowned (29 times as many drowning deaths as
firearm deaths).
Fact: Boys who own legal firearms have much
lower rates of delinquency and drug use and are
even less delinquent than non-owners of
guns
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