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To: Dan from Michigan
Children and youth are murdered with handguns more often than with all other weapons combined ...
Other findings include: an average of two children per day were murdered with handguns in the U.S. from 1995 to 1999.

If two children a day are killed with handguns, and the handgun rate is more than all other causes combined, then the total rate cannot be more than 4 kids a day. Whatever happened to 13 kids a day?

32 posted on 11/28/2001 2:55:33 PM PST by coloradan
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To: coloradan
an average of two children per day were murdered with handguns

In 1997, the total number of children, ages 0-14 killed  by firearms (all causes) was 629 or 1.7 per day.
National Center for Health Statistics, 1997

This is from the NCH and includes all causes (accidental, murdered and otherwise) by all firearms (handguns, long-guns and otherwise).

In other words, the VPC are full of s**t and they're lying again.

Statistics courtesy of gunfacts.org

35 posted on 11/28/2001 3:17:11 PM PST by AAABEST
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