@MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 11 months agoFirearms killed a record number of children in 2021, study findswww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1469arrow-down132file-text
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U.S. children and teens are more likely to die because of guns than car crashes, drug overdoses and cancer.
minus-square@moistclump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•11 months 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-square@Varyk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months 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.