2023-07-01 06:13:17
The scene of a shooting in the United States
Overseas Network, July 1st According to the “American Independent” report on June 29, statistics from the American gun safety advocacy organization “Bringing Gun Safety to Every Town” show that there have been 186 accidental shootings of children in the United States this year. In the past May and June, the number of accidental shootings of children hit a new high.
Of the nearly 200 accidental shootings of children this year, 66 have resulted in deaths, according to the group. From May 1 to June 22, there were 73 related incidents, which is also a new high since data records began in 2015. According to US media, May and June are the time when some schools in the United States start to go on summer vacation, which results in some children not being supervised as they are in school. The data also shows that regarding 4.6 million minors in the United States have at least one loaded but unlocked firearm in their homes.
On June 14, a 3-year-old child in New Jersey accidentally shot himself at home. On June 21, a gun in the home of a 2-year-old boy in Ohio killed his pregnant mother. Speaking of accidental shootings of children, Sharpe, senior research director at Bringing Gun Safety to Every Town, said: “These disturbing statistics tell us how many children in the United States were exposed to firearms and accidentally shot them this summer. yourself or others.” (Overseas Net Zhang Ni)
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