In the U.S., where civilians own nearly 400 million firearms, children are more likely to die from gun violence than in any other high-income country.
to its gun laws following the horrendous mass shootings that now happen with regularity.
But the dangers young people face from firearms in America go well beyond school shootings, which account for only a fraction of all gun-related deaths. Whether it's the gun violence they face in their neighborhoods, or suicide or accidents at home when guns are left unsecured, the threat to the nation's children and teenagers is not only bad, but worsening.
that while firearm-related deaths overall increased 13.5% between 2019 and 2020, among children and adolescents they surged a staggering 30%.For years, researchers at the University of San Francisco and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have compared the rates of firearm deaths in the U.S. and other populous, high-income countries — mostly nations in Europe., which looks at data from 2015, finds that the U.S. accounts for the vast majority of firearm deaths among children.
Compared to countries of all sizes and incomes, the firearm-related death rate in the U.S. ranks 32nd in the world,by the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. When the total number of firearm deaths are counted, the U.S. ranks second in the world, after only Brazil, according toOne factor in America's high level of gun deaths is the massive number of guns in the country: Civilians in the U.S.
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