Guns overtook car crashes to become the leading cause of death for US children and teenagers in 2020, new research shows.

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that over 4,300 young Americans died of firearm-related injuries in 2020.

While suicides contributed to the toll, the data shows that homicides form the majority of gun-related deaths.

More than 390 million guns are owned by US civilians.

According to the research - which was published this week in the New England Journal Medicine - the rise in gun-related deaths among Americans between the ages of one and 19 was part of an overall 33.4% increase in firearm homicides nationwide.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61192975

But, but...it's the math books and fiction that are ruining them! Ban those destructive things. Now!

I could not find a breakdown of adults shooting children versus children shooting children versus suicides among children. But my guess would be in that order even taking into account the young inner city gang violence. Disturbing trends

More guns are being stolen out of cars in alarming trend across the nation
At least 180 cities reported increases in gun thefts from cars from 2019 to 2020. They are now the largest source of stolen guns, a new data analysis found.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/guns-are-stolen-cars-alarming-trend-nation-rcna26691



On Aug. 3, 2021, Caroline Schollaert was inside her Jacksonville, Florida, home when she witnessed a man breaking into her car.

Known by many for her fearless disposition, Schollaert, an off-duty U.S. Coast Guard member, reported the burglary by phone to the local sheriff’s office, then walked outside and confronted the man at gunpoint herself.

She ordered him to stay put until authorities arrived. But while she was still on the phone with a police dispatcher, the suspect pulled out a gun of his own and opened fire. Schollaert, 26, who had just gotten engaged three days earlier, died from her injuries.

The handgun used to kill her, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said, had been stolen from an unlocked vehicle in the same neighborhood 11 days before the shooting.

Shootings in USA for the month of May 2022 (so far)
Probably not a complete list.

Dallas - 3 injured
Milwaukee - 17 people wounded
Buffalo - 10 killed, 3 wounded
Portland - woman shoots self & 2 children, 3 dead
Chicago - 3 shot, 1 killed
Alexandria - 1 dead, 1 injured
Los Angeles - 1 fatally shot
Baton Rouge - 1 fatally shot
Nashville - 1 fatally shot
Toledo - 1 fatally shot, 1 injured
Loves Park IL - 1 fatally shot
Providence - 1 injured
North SC - 6-year-old boy dead
Philadelphia - 1 critically injured
Montgomery AL - 1 critically injured
Columbus - 8-year-old girl critically injured
Cleveland - 1 fatally shot

#5

Not even close to a complete list.

Approx. 22,000 gun homicides last year.

201 mass shootings in the US this year... so far.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2022/05/1 ... ot-vpx.cnn

3 high school graduations across the U.S. end with gunfire in less than 24 hours

At least one person was killed and seven others injured in three separate shootings after high school graduation ceremonies in Louisiana, Michigan and Tennessee.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/3-high-school-graduations-us-end-gunfire-less-24-hours-rcna29770