But when someone says the word children what age range do you think?
The study categorizes them as 1-19 years old. An 18-19 year old can buy a firearm legally on their own, as well as cigarettes(recently changed to 21), cars, an apartment etc.
I mean come on at the end of that age range they could have joined the military at age 17, did basic training and had two years of active service in.
Now don’t get me wrong I don’t want kids (or anyone) to get gunned down in schools, malls, or be lost to suicide. But I feel like if you’re going to yell from the hills that guns are THE leading cause of death of children the stats shouldn’t also include those legally seen as military age adults.
Maybe I’m wrong though, I plan to dig through the sources a bit later
I looked into this a little bit and you have to remove babies in order for gun violence to be highest. So then gun violence is the highest from 1-17 some years, but other years needs to include 18 or 19 year olds in order to be highest.
But when someone says the word children what age range do you think?
The study categorizes them as 1-19 years old. An 18-19 year old can buy a firearm legally on their own, as well as
cigarettes(recently changed to 21), cars, an apartment etc.I mean come on at the end of that age range they could have joined the military at age 17, did basic training and had two years of active service in.
Now don’t get me wrong I don’t want kids (or anyone) to get gunned down in schools, malls, or be lost to suicide. But I feel like if you’re going to yell from the hills that guns are THE leading cause of death of children the stats shouldn’t also include those legally seen as military age adults.
Maybe I’m wrong though, I plan to dig through the sources a bit later
Isn’t the stat usually about “school-aged children”? So that would include people up to 18, and in some cases 19 years old, no?
I looked into this a little bit and you have to remove babies in order for gun violence to be highest. So then gun violence is the highest from 1-17 some years, but other years needs to include 18 or 19 year olds in order to be highest.