The gun control crowd has been spreading absolute propaganda that firearms are the leading cause of death in children. Of course, gun control propaganda comes as no surprise to anyone who fights for 2nd Amendment rights; however, these people are actually making the claim using information from the CDC (that government bureaucracy is a whole other ballgame of propaganda and corruption, but the same stats will be used to prove the point).
Here are just a few of the titles that you’ll see spewed across the internet by gun controllers and the media (one in the same), including the current administration in D.C.:
What all of these propagandists are pushing is an annual report on deaths from the CDC, 2020 being the last update to that report. What they neglect to tell people is that, for some reason, 18 – 19 years olds, and some of them include up to the age of 24, are being including in the definition of children.
Suddenly, 18- and 19-year-old adults are considered children?
Here are the numbers when including adults in the overall death statistics ages <1 – 19:
Unintentional Injuries ages 1-19:
Homicides ages 1-19:
Suicides ages 1-19:
Here are the statistics for overall deaths when you only include actual children ages <1 – 17:
Unintentional Injuries ages 1-17:
Homicides ages 1-17:
Suicides ages 1-17:
If you break out homicide with a firearm even further, for each age grouping, you’ll find that black American children suffer far worse from gun-related homicides than white American children in the same categories.
Homicides with firearms for white American children ages 1-17:
The numbers for black American children who are murdered with a firearm is significantly higher than for white children:
While both white and black children are known to be members of gangs, the percentage of black children becoming a member of a gang is much higher than that of white children. Of course, rather than focus on the root causes of why any child becomes a member of a gang, the government, politicians, and gun controllers prefer to push gun control that does nothing to stop gang violence or murders but only seeks to make it so the law-abiding have a more difficult, if not impossible, time protecting themselves from violent criminals.
And although Hispanics make up 50% of all gang membership compared to 32% black gang membership and 10% white gang membership, the homicide with firearm stats for Hispanics is lower than both that of black and white children (NOTE: included all races in the query but Hispanic ethnicity because Hispanic isn’t a race and some in the media call Hispanics ‘white’):
According to the FBI, “around 2,000 homicides a year are gang-related” for a total of 13% of all homicides. The 2,000 number refers to all gang-related homicides which would also include adults ages 18 and up; however, there are absolutely numbers of children who are murdered with a firearm due to gang-related activity.
Of course, federal law dictates that no one under the age of 21 can legally purchase a handgun. Possession of a handgun by anyone under the age of 18 is illegal other than in specific instances:
Exceptions [18 U.S.C. § 922(x)(3)]:
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Temporary transfer and possession of handguns and handgun ammunition for specified activities, including employment, ranching, farming, target practice and hunting, provided the juvenile is in possession of prior written consent of the juvenile’s parent or guardian who is not prohibited by federal, state or local law from possessing a firearm;
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A juvenile who is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard who possesses or is armed with a handgun in the line of duty;
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A transfer by inheritance of title (but not possession) of a handgun or ammunition to a juvenile; or
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The possession of a handgun or ammunition by a juvenile taken in defense of the juvenile or other persons against an intruder into the residence of the juvenile or a residence in which the juvenile is an invited guest.
So, why is the current administration, non-profit organizations, politicians, and the media pushing a false narrative that the leading cause of death in children is now due to firearms? To push new gun control laws (I realize this is obvious to many of you but to others, not so much). These people believe that if they fearmonger regular Americans enough, the demand for more gun control will become inevitable. To be clear, all childhood deaths are absolutely horrid. What is even more abhorrent is the gun control crowd lying about the deaths of children to further push their gun control narrative.
Gun controllers never want to have an honest discussion about the real issues that affect Americans or our youth. Any time a horrifying tragedy occurs, they instantly dip their hands in the blood of victims whose names are yet unknown, to demand more gun control. It never matters if the killer was extremely mentally ill. It doesn’t matter if the murders were gang related. It never matters if every gun control law that already exists was violated. These people will push for more gun control laws in the name of ‘safety.’
Gun control is never about safety, it’s always about control. Control over those who seek to protect themselves from the criminals the gun control crowd enables.
