Guns Are Now The Main Cause of Death Among Teens and Children

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A report by the CDC reveals that deaths related to guns are now the leading cause of death amongst teens, more than literally anything else. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.

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00:00The recent Nashville school shooting is a harrowing reminder of just how bad gun violence

00:04has become in the U.S., getting worse pretty much every year. But a report by the CDC reveals that

00:09deaths related to guns are now the leading cause of death amongst teens, more than literally

00:14anything else. To reiterate, the numbers aren't just related to accidental deaths. These include

00:19health issues like cancer, but also suffocation and poisoning. These numbers also indicate teen

00:24deaths related to guns have surpassed car accidents, the leading cause of death for kids

00:28aged 1 to 18 for decades. In fact, the CDC reports 19% of all childhood deaths are gun-related,

00:35with 3,600 children dying at the barrel of a firearm in 2021 alone. The recent Nashville

00:40shooting at the Covenant School is the highest-profile case in a while, where three members of staff

00:45and three nine-year-old children were slain. However, according to CNN, it's the 16th school

00:50shooting this year alone. And with regards to mass shootings, or where at least three to four

00:54people were victims of gun violence, the number is even more dramatic. So far, in 2023 alone,

01:00there have been some 130 mass shootings across the U.S. The U.S. ranks second in the world for

01:06most gun deaths with the largest number of guns per capita.

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