Tag Archives: Child fatalities from firearms

Two Little Girls Unintentionally Shot and Killed in Less Than A Week

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On Friday August 4th in Stewart County, a 5-year-old girl was unintentionally shot by an adult family member who was either cleaning a firearm or clearing the chamber when the gun fired, striking the child in the shoulder. She was transported to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. So far, no charges have been filed. https://www.theleafchronicle.com/story/news/local/stewart-houston/news/2018/08/08/stewart-county-5-year-old-girl-dies-accidental-shooting/939576002/ And yesterday in LaFollette, a 10-year-old

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Why Are So Many Nashville Students Dying?

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A recent study published in the journal Pediatrics reported that shootings are the third leading cause of death for American children.  The number of young people dying in Nashville is certainly evidence of this disturbing trend. *UPDATE: Since this post was published February 8, another Nashville teen has been shot.  16-year-old Demario Crowder was shot multiple times outside Pearl-Cohn High School just minutes

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Since Sandy Hook, an American kid under 12 has died by a gun every other day

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by Mike Brunker and Polly DeFrank (excerpted from MSNBC.com) There are at least 554 reasons to ask whether American children are safer from gun violence today than they were three years ago, when the unthinkable happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School. That’s how many kids under the age of 12 have died from gunshots — both intentional and accidental — since

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