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More US Preschoolers Shot than Police Officers; US Leads in Gun Death
15 June 2008
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia), Editorial
Who dies in greater numbers from firearms, police in the line of duty or preschoolers?
The answer — contained in a searing new report by the Children's Defense Fund — is surprising and disturbing. In 2005, the most recent year for which data are available, guns killed 69 preschoolers, compared with 53 law enforcement officers.
That's just one of the alarming facts in the Washington-based child advocacy group's "Protect Children, Not Guns" report. Among the... (GunPolicy.org)