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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (4 children)

In 2021 4,752 children had gun related deaths. That's 13 a day.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but if those children had guns to protect themselves from the guns then it would have been 0.

Checkmate libruls

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

Yes, but we refer to it as 14 a day, because 13 is bad luck.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How many of those were gang members under 18?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Depending on source, some were gang members over 18.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There are 74 million children aged 0-18 in the USA. Going by your numbers, that means in 2021 that 99.99999% of children in the USA were not harmed by guns.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I know your number is a hyperbole, the real percent given the numbers in the thread is ~99.994%, or 14999/15000 unharmed, which, most supporters wouldn't bat an eye at anyway