MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoFirearms killed a record number of children in 2021, study findswww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1472arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1440arrow-down1external-linkFirearms killed a record number of children in 2021, study findswww.nbcnews.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square93fedilinkfile-text
U.S. children and teens are more likely to die because of guns than car crashes, drug overdoses and cancer.
minus-squaremoistclump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI’m not American, I’m Canadian. Talking about the statistics is important but holy fucking shit it’s depressing. Any more than 0 accidental deaths is too many.
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoGot it. More depressing is that most of those gun deaths are not an accident. It’s something like 2%, the other 98% are people choosing to shoot other people.
I’m not American, I’m Canadian. Talking about the statistics is important but holy fucking shit it’s depressing. Any more than 0 accidental deaths is too many.
Got it. More depressing is that most of those gun deaths are not an accident.
It’s something like 2%, the other 98% are people choosing to shoot other people.