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Originally Posted by noncom23
I know these words are wasted, but to many of us without freedom, there is no point in being here. We won't give our rights away at a whim because those rights are trivial to so many others blinded by their currnent beliefs and that they want to force those beliefs on us.
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I separated this because I think it is a distinct point. I don't think words are wasted. I would much rather we discuss this with words, than be shooting at each other over it.
But here is something I think is a waste: the lives of children impacted by gun violence. I think they should have rights and security too.
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Protect Children, Not Guns
Key Facts
January 3, 2013
A child or teen dies or is injured from guns every 30 minutes.
18,270 children and teens died or were injured from guns in 2010
1 child or teen died or was injured every 30 minutes
50 children and teens died or were injured every day
351 children and teens died or were injured every week More children and teens die from guns every three days than died in the Newtown massacre.
2,694 children and teens died from guns in 2010.
1 child or teen died every 3 hours and 15 minutes
7 children and teens died every day
52 children and teens died every week
Between 1979 and 2010, 119,079 children and teens died from guns. This is more child and teen deaths in 32 years than U.S. soldiers killed in action in the Vietnam (47,434), Korean (33,739), Afghanistan (1,712), and Iraq (3,518) wars combined. The number of children under five who died from guns was more than the number of law enforcement officers who died from guns in the line of duty in 2010.
82 children under five died from guns in 2010, compared to 58 law enforcement officers killed by guns in the line of duty. Three times more children and teens were injured by guns in 2010 than the number of U.S. soldiers wounded in action that year in the Afghanistan war.
15,576 children and teens were injured by guns in 2010.
1 child or teen injured every 34 minutes
43 children and teens injured every day
300 children and teens injured every week
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Full article here, with data links and sources.
Protect Children, Not Guns 2012
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