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More guns = safer (fanaticus.social)
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[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 16 points 10 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

[–] ElleChaise@kbin.social 16 points 10 months ago

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

[–] grayman@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How many of those were gang members under 18?

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Depending on source, some were gang members over 18.

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 1 points 10 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.

[–] Kairus@lemmy.world 2 points 10 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