Number of Children Killed by Gunshot Wounds Increases in US - Reports

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2025-06-10

MOSCOW, June 10 (RIA Novosti) - More than 7,000 children have died from gunshot wounds in the United States since 2010, with most deaths occurring in states with a simplified system for purchasing and carrying weapons, US medical journal JAMA Pediatrics reported. "Excess mortality analysis found that a group of states with the most permissive firearm laws after 2010 experienced more than 6029 firearm deaths in children and adolescents aged 0 to 1......

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