DudleySmith
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So your point is that one year olds are not shooting each other?
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Alarming rise in youth gun deaths breaks down very differently by race
A closer look at the numbers reveals even more alarming trends, especially among young African Americans.
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Communities of color and children of color in particular suffer gun violence at rates disproportionate to that of their White counterparts:
- In 2021, Black children and teens were six times as likely to die from gun violence as their White peers.93 Of the Black children that died from gun violence, a vast majority are boys, who are dying at much greater rates than White children.
- Black children and teens had the highest gun death rate in 2021 (20.5 deaths per 100,000 children).94 This is up from 2019 where Black children and teens also had the highest gun death rate (11.9 per 100,000).95
- American Indian/Alaskan Native children and teens followed at (7.2 deaths per 100,000).96 This is also up from 2019 where American Indian/Alaskan Native children had a gun death rate of (6.4 per 100,000). 97
- Gun-related deaths rates were the lowest for White children (3.3 per 100,000).98
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The State of America's Children 2023 - Gun Violence — Children's Defense Fund
The State of America's Children® 2023 Gun Violence Gun violence remains the number one cause of death for children ages 1-19 at a rate of almost 5 in every 100,000. Black children are six times more likely to die from gun violence than their peers. As our nation slowly regains
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Why not post all the stats? Oh yeah, we can see why ....
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