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Originally posted by Fu-Q
why dont you enlighten me?
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Ok...but since you seem to defensive nothing will reach your brain anyway...maybe other people find this interesting tho.
In 1999 guns killed 489 American children less than 15 years old. Of these gun-related deaths: 283 were homicides, 103 were suicides, 88 were unintentional and 15 were of undetermined intent.
In 1999 guns killed 3,385 American children and teenagers 19 years of age and younger. Of these gun-related deaths: 2,010 were homicides, 1,078 were suicides, 214 were unintentional, and 83 were of undetermined intent.
Of the 1,615 teenagers aged 15 to 19 who committed suicide in 1999, nearly two thirds (975 victims or 60 percent) killed themselves with guns.
In 1998 guns were the third leading cause of death among all children aged five to 14 years old behind accidents and cancer, and the second leading cause of death for teenagers aged 15 to 19.
Of the 2,113 teenagers aged 15 to 19 that were murdered in 1999, more than eight out of 10 (1,727 victims or 82 percent) were killed with guns.
A 1997 CDC study that compared gun-related death rates in 26 industrialized countries among children less than 15 years old found that the gun-related homicide rate among U.S. children was nearly 16 times higher than the rate among children in the other 25 industrialized countries combined; the gun-related suicide rate was nearly 11 times higher; and the unintentional gun-related death rate was nine times higher.
In 1998 guns were the third leading cause of death among all children aged five to 14 years old behind accidents and cancer, and the second leading cause of death for teenagers aged 15 to 19.
Federal law mandates that a person must be at least 18 years of age to purchase a rifle or shotgun and 21 years of age to buy a handgun from a holder of a Federal Firearms License.
A CDC survey of youth risk behavior revealed that in 1997 more than one in 20 high school males reported carrying a gun within the 30 days preceding the survey.
A National Institute of Justice study reported that one third of juvenile arrested said they had used a gun in committing a crime.
According to the FBI, between 1980 and 1997, 73 percent of male juvenile homicide offenders used a firearm.