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freedomdwarf1 -> RE: Another pointless gun death. (8/28/2014 4:56:18 PM)
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ORIGINAL: quizzicalkitten
Yeah READ further
In the 2009 Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID), 7,391 children under the age of 20 had been hospitalized for injuries from firearms and the majority of those gunshot injuries —4,559—resulted from intentional firearm assaults. 2,149 of those injured were accidents, and 270 were suicide attempts. Of the children who were hospitalized, 453 – 6% – died from their injuries.
The more important thing is at 18 kids arent children any more in america they are adults... so that throws the numbers completely out of the water because your including people who arent kids
No one has said gun deaths dont happen, just that other deaths are more prevalent and no ones whining about those....
And read even further.... "All are unnecessary hospitalizations because preventing gun violence is something that can actually be done."
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"Webster also compared the U.S.’ standing with other high income nations and pointed out that the mortality rate from firearms in the U.S. is nearly 10 times higher than the rates in other wealthy nations. “This is a very unique and abnormal problem that such a wealthy nation should have such high mortality and morbidity in youth related to firearms,” he said.";
and further... "After the devastating tragedy at Sandy Hook in December 2012, the gun policy debate intensified, coinciding with the rising number of children killed by guns in the U.S. every year. In the first 14 school days of 2014, there have been at least 7 school shootings: at Wakefield Elementary School in Calif., Berrendo Middle School in New Mexico, Liberty Technology High School in Tenn., Albany High School in Georgia, Delaware Valley Charter School in Penn., Widener University in Penn., and most recently, Purdue University in Indiana. In 2013, there were 28 school shootings.
The American Academy of Pediatrics wrote in 2012 that “firearm-related deaths continue as 1 of the top 3 causes of death in American youth.""
I'd say that was fairly significant.
Slice the cake any way you like, that's a whole lot more than anywhere else in the world and all down to the liberal gun policy that the US have.
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ORIGINAL: quizzicalkitten
But please do continue to tell us how we need to regulate our guns while your children are subjected to torture and horror... America is much more important then that...
Ah!! I get it... I think.
You think that we feel it's more important for the US to stop killing/injuring thousands every year, year after year, with guns than our own bunch of kids who are misfortunate enough to get raped etc and managed to stay under the radar for a while??
Well... one is no more important than the other.
But the thing is... we're addressing the issue and getting to the bottom of it. Heads will roll if necessary.
What are you lot doing about your regular gun deaths??
I don't see anything happening at all - it just gets worse.
And, I'm willing to bet there are also US kids caught in the same situation as some of ours were - we just didn't spoit the stats for it as a comparison.
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