Children unintentionally shot and killed at least 157 people last year, Everytown says
Children unintentionally shot and killed at least 157 people last year, Everytown says
In many cases, the children shot themselves, while others killed siblings or friends, according to the gun control advocacy group.
At least 157 people were killed and 270 were injured last year in unintentional shootings by children, according to Everytown, an advocacy group for firearm safety.
We need more good kids with guns! /s
This is why you should teach gun safety to kids in schools. In the US, kids are going to find guns, because some owners are going to be lazy, careless, or just tired and not thinking straight. Things like, if you find a gun, get an adult, a gun is always loaded, even if you think you unloaded it, or never, ever point a gun at something you don't intend to shoot.
Parents should teach their kids this stuff, just like parents should be teaching their kids of sex and healthy relationships. But parents aren't, and so schools need to step into the gap.
How many did those murderous little snots kill intentionally, though?
With guns that were unsecured because their owners lacked the minimum mental capacity that should be a basic requirement to own a gun in the first place.
The solution is obviously to try kids as adults.
Don’t listen to Everytown. She cheated on her husband.
Not in normal countries.
I think more guns, and easier access to them would solve the problem...
"unintentional"
Or you mean now that the facade of the US has been eroded and the racist violent cess pool that is truly there is exposed, less people want to dedicate their life there... Wow, what a concept. You find almost anyone who wants to go to the US that comes from a country that functions. The US is literally the last choice or an outright refusal.
It is of course still a fantastically popular destination for those where the soft power propaganda of Hollywood works, or are escaping true poverty and crime. Something is much better than what they have. The rest of the developed world however, has developed much further.
The only, and literally only, things I've ever heard about the US in a positive light in the past few years is the high income potential and beautiful natural parks. The parks is a load of crap. Beauty like that exists all over the world, but it isn't marketed as well as the US or as famous by movies. Fair enough excuse to visit.
High income potential is the only upside. And with remote work anyone who can work for a US company to pocket the paycheque and live outside its borders, that's the new American dream.