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Usually, the anti-gun types toss out the figure that "XX,000" CHILDREN were killed by guns last year. (I forget the number, but it's noticeable."What they DON'T say is that they define "children" to include the age range between 17-21. Far and away, the largest group of handgun deaths occurs in the range from 17-21--gang-bangers, drug deals, etc.

Acccidental deaths of REAL children from guns is less than 100/year. The real stats/numbers, etc., are available through NRA,

The Richmond program was sponsored by the NRA, by the way. It's a program whereby those perps who used a weapon in the commission of the crime are prosecuted by the FEDS (as well as the local DA) for Federal gun-law violations. Generally, a perp using a gun has violated several Federal laws, and they go to jail for quite a while.

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