Confirming the figures on Tuesday, December 27, the not-for-profit that tracks shooting incidents, said that as of Monday 6,023 youngsters aged 17 or under had either been injured or had died in a shooting.<\/p>\n
The breakdown of shootings shows that 1,629 youngsters died, 306 of those 11 and under with the youngest a five-month-old killed in a drive-by shooting whilst sitting in her car seat.<\/p>\n
Teen injuries amounted to 3,731 and those aged nought to 11 668.<\/p>\n
In total there have been 43,668 gun-related deaths in the U.S. during 2022 with 19,842 considered homicide. Another 23,826 took their own lives.<\/p>\n
Perhaps most striking is that there were 630 mass shootings in the states and 36 mass murders involving a gun.<\/p>\n
Gun Violence was set up to monitor shootings across the U.S. with the national government not keeping such data, that responsibility falls to individual states.<\/p>\n
The incidence of gun-related violence in the U.S. remains very high with gun ownership at an all-time record. The current government has made some headway in limiting ownership and the type of gun that anyone can own.<\/p>\n
Sadly it has done little to curb ownership levels or gun-related violence that has killed or injured more than 6,000 children.<\/p>\n
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