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Monday, December 17, 2012

The Kids Are (Not) All Right

More kids shot across USA in recent days--which I found in a five-minute search.  Plus a  different list that I posted just last night. 

A "little boy" in critical condition in Kansas City after being shot in drive-by.

Girl, 16, also in critical condition after being shot by her grandfather--who thought she was an intruder. 

Child killed and police officer wounded in wild incident in Laurel, Ala.  In another incident in that state, man kills three of his brothers--and seriously wounds boy, age 19 months.

Boy shot dead in Denver.  Girl, 16, shoots young man, 20, while hunting.

Missouri kid, age 8, accidentally shot by older brother in home.  Boy, 15, shoots himself in leg while playing baskeball--in a church building.

Girl, 5, shoots herself in foot with dad's gun in Philly.  Several other recent incidents in Pennsylvania.

Good overview here on risks of keeping firearms in home.  Kids in U.S. shot 11 times more often than in other developed countries.



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Please keep this going. People need to get away from this "out of sight-out of mind" mentatlity when it comes to gun violence.

Thank you.