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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe overwhelming evidence that pediatricians are right and the NRA is wrong.
Guns Kill ChildrenThe overwhelming evidence that pediatricians are right and the NRA is wrong.
By Evan DeFilippis and Devin Hughes
Caroline Starks was 2 years old. Her 5-year-old brother was playing nearby with his birthday present: a .22-caliber Crickett rifle. His mother stepped outside for a moment, certain the gun wasnt loaded. She was wrong. Caroline was pronounced dead a few hours later at the Cumberland County Hospital in Kentucky.
Despite harrowing tragedies like Carolines death, the National Rifle Association is committed to expanding firearm ownership among children. The NRAs recent convention in Indianapolis included a Youth Day to promote firearms for children, an event from which the media was banned. For years, gun manufacturers and the NRA have marketed firearms to children ages 5 to 12, insisting that programs such as the Eddie Eagle Safety Program ensure the safety of children. If they truly believe this, they are mistaken.
The overwhelming empirical evidence indicates that the presence of a gun makes children less safe; that programs such as Eddie Eagle are insufficient; and that measures the NRA and extreme gun advocates vehemently oppose, such as gun safes and smart guns, could dramatically reduce the death toll. Study after study unequivocally demonstrates that the prevalence of firearms directly increases the risk of youth homicide, suicide, and unintentional death. This effect is consistent across the United States and throughout the world. As a country, we should be judged by how well we protect our children. By any measure, we are failing horribly.
The United States accounts for nearly 75 percent of all children murdered in the developed world. Children between the ages of 5 and 14 in the United States are 17 times more likely to be murdered by firearms than children in other industrialized nations.
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The overwhelming evidence that pediatricians are right and the NRA is wrong. (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jun 2014
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)1. Children clearly have an anti-Second Amendment bias.
Why else would they have this agenda of trying to make the noble and innocent gun 'seem' dangerous?
villager
(26,001 posts)3. These little "gun grabbers" are only deserving of our contempt!
Their weird giggles and "storytime" demands are nothing compared to the glories of cold, hard steel!
intaglio
(8,170 posts)2. Already posted by xchrom 4 hours ago
Guns Kill Children The overwhelming evidence that pediatricians are right and the NRA is wrong.
It has 39 rec and 45 replies - please search before posting
It has 39 rec and 45 replies - please search before posting
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)4. What makes you think I don't "search?"
I do a site search on every article before I post it.
intaglio
(8,170 posts)5. Because searching with the following texts
The overwhelming evidence site:www.democraticunderground.com
The overwhelming evidence that pediatricians are right site:www.democraticunderground.com
Guns Kill Children site:www.democraticunderground.com
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science site:www.democraticunderground.com
The overwhelming evidence that pediatricians are right site:www.democraticunderground.com
Guns Kill Children site:www.democraticunderground.com
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science site:www.democraticunderground.com
All bring up xchrom's post
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)6. I assume you just this minute did the search because....
when I did the search, nada showed up.
intaglio
(8,170 posts)7. I did it about 4 hours ago
because I thought of posting the same thing!
You might need to inform Skinner.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)8. Yep. Sure you did, but, thanks for sharing!
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)9. I'll Rec this post and the other one too
If you're not a gundamentalist, it's time to do something. No more fence sitting.