More than 26,000 children and teens have been killed in gun violence since 1999

[UpInArms]

At least 26,000 children and teenagers younger than 18 were killed by gunfire in the United States between 1999 and 2016, according to mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Firearm injuries are the third leading cause of death among children age 1 through 17 in the United States, according to a 2017 study published in the journal Pediatrics.

Among the world's wealthy nations, the United States accounts for 91 percent of all firearm deaths of children younger than 15, according to a 2010 study published in the American Journal of Medicine.

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[UpInArms]

1. Just in case you all missed this

It sank like a rock

[Stuart G]

2. I see one problem with those deaths..and it is very ugly indeed.

None of those deaths were the children of republican lawmakers in congress. If, say a hundred of those were the children of republican congress people, then there would be incredibly strong gun control laws. These people don't know how to feel other parent's pain. Actually their votes prove they couldn't care at all.

[backtoblue]

3. Kick for exposure