CNN (6/26, Viswanathan) reports, “Most children in the U.S. who die from an accidental shooting are playing around with guns at home or mistaking them for toys, according to a” study that “suggests that over 90% of guns used in such shooting deaths were left unlocked and loaded.” The study, published in “Injury Epidemiology, looked at cases” of unintentional firearm fatalities among “children under 15” and found that “most of the shootings happened at the victim’s home, where, in 8 out of 10 cases, the gun belonged to an older relative.” Furthermore, “over 40% of the time, these unintentional deaths happened among kids ages 2 to 4, the researchers found.”
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— “Most accidental shooting deaths among children involve guns left loaded and unlocked, study finds,” Giri Viswanathan, CNN, June 26, 2023