Guns sent 20 children to U.S. hospitals every single day, study finds

LATimes ^ | 1-27-14 | Melissa Healy

[RandallFlagg]

Twenty children or adolescents were hospitalized for firearm-related injuries every day in 2009, and 453 died of their wounds, a new report says.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I’ll bet most of the “children” are gang members, but many are victims of domestic violence.

[oldenuff2no]

How many of these 18 year old ghetto babies are gang bangers killed by other gang bangers? How many of totally innocent 21 year old black angles are killed by cops because the pulled a gun or knife on them?? How many of these walk on water kids were killed while committing a crime by an armed citizen?? How many of these 16 year old need to be citizens are killing each others over drugs? How many of these so called kids are killed by white people? How many are killed by darker skinned people?

About now is when they figure out that the facts don't fit what they are trying to sell so the get all pissed off and start yelling "racism." When they get all done with their rant ask them the same questions over and over again until they answer with the true numbers.

You can post the BS numbers but it does not sound like you know the truth and facts.

[ImNotLying]

Are they starting to keep statistics on how many elderly people die each year because of Obamacare?

[rey]

Yeah, and unemployment is only 7 percent.

So are we supposed to childproff the world?

Nearly every violent gun crime is stopped by another gun.

This may sound harsh, but freedom costs.

[Nervous Tick]

... children “or adolescents”.

In other words, 98 +/- % of those “children” are Amish gang-bangers.

[stylin19a]

stats say it’s mostly black males..children are considered 19 and under

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2014/01/22/peds.2013-1809.abstract

the stats don’t make sense...if 7391 were due to firearm related injuries. (and I am assuming) 270 were suicides and 4559 were due to assaults, what were the other 2522, pain in the ass innocent bystanders ?

plus the suicide stats in general don’t make sense.stats say it

[RandallFlagg]

IOW, it has nothing to do with accidents. It has a great deal to do with criminal activity in the inner cities. It is sad, but it has nothing to do with law-abiding people owning guns.

BINGO!!!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Those eeeevilll guns, lept right out there from behind cover all on their own!

Smith & Wesson Gun-Cam™

[ThePatriotsFlag]

How many children are sent to the hospital each day due to auto accidents?

[Valpal1]

120 children a day visit the hospital from bathtub related injuries.

Stop bathing now!

[umgud]

Blacks ages 15 to 19 were 13 times more likely than their white peers to be injured by gunfire. And 70% of all black children hospitalized for gun injury (compared with 32% of all white children injured by firearms) were classified as victims of assault.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Are they counting the kids who choked on those little plastic guns that come with Star Wars Action Figures. I’ll bet they are.

[RandallFlagg]

120 children a day visit the hospital from bathtub related injuries.

Stop bathing now!

CRAP! My youngest Son just started his bath.
We're DOOMED!!!!

[RandallFlagg]

AH! That Boba Fett with the missile launcher action figure.

Those are series collector’s items.
My Brother and I had them back then.
We should have saved ‘em.....

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[WellyP]

What percent of that “number” are drug related or inner city black on black murders in the Hell holes like Chicago, Detriot and LA?

[Valpal1]

Just to be extra safe you should get rid of all your furniture. Falling furniture sends 500 children a day to the ER.

And remove the toilet seat, boys can be horribly injured and traumatized by falling toilet seats.

[nuconvert]

Were a lot of these children in gangs?

[Chode]

for a company that makes money using words, you'd think they'd have a dictionary laying around there someplace... definition of a a child is up to puberty.

[Paladin2]

Call it the ‘Rat War on Children.