Yes.
Using 2023 CDC data, several reports concluded that guns were the leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 17 for the fourth year in a row.
Most gun deaths have continued to be gun suicides since 1995, accounting for 6 out of every 10 gun deaths. Since 2014, the gun suicide rates among Black and Hispanic children ages 10 to 19 have increased by 245% and 98%, respectively.
Among similarly large and wealthy Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development nations, the United States has the highest child and teen (ages 1 to 19) gun mortality rate by a wide margin at 6 per 100,000 children and teens, more than 9.5 times that of Canada, which has the second-highest child and teen gun mortality rate.
Gun deaths comprised 20% of all child and teen deaths in the U.S.
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