Firearms are now the leading cause of death in children and teens in the U.S.
Children are particularly impacted by the deadly intersection of domestic violence and gun violence. For children under 13, gun homicides most frequently occur in the home and are often connected to domestic or family violence.
-- Everytown for Gun Safety (@everytown.bsky.social) Jun 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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2022 overall gun death rates (per 100,000 population) and counts
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Location Death rates Deaths
Mississippi 29.6 848
Louisiana 28.2 1,266
New Mexico 27.3 571
Alabama 25.5 1,278
Missouri 24.2 1,489
Montana 23.9 274
Alaska 22.4 164
Arkansas 21.9 666
District Of Columbia 21.4 154
South Carolina 20.8 1,105
Tennessee 20.5 1,480
Wyoming 20.4 124
Arizona 20.1 1,535
Oklahoma 19.8 797
Georgia 19.7 2,163
Nevada 18.9 618
Kentucky 18.8 840
Indiana 17.4 1,211
Colorado 17.1 1,036
Idaho 17 338
Kansas 16.8 492
North Carolina 16.8 1,831
North Dakota 16.4 125
West Virginia 16.2 311
South Dakota 15.7 141
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Thanks to Senator 'Moscow Mitch' McConnell (R-KY), the GOP, Dotard Trumpf, and the NRA, every eleven minutes an assailant kills someone with an easily accessible firearm in America. The US will soon reach 50,000 KIA per annum under the Trumpf junta; the US is right now averaging 47,000 gun deaths per year, like a warzone. Total US military deaths in Korea (1950-53): 36,574. studyfinds.org
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