Claim: Guns are not the number one cause of death for children in the U.S., as Democrats claim.
Reality: A 2022 study by the Center for Gun Violence Solutions at Johns Hopkins University, often cited by Democrats, discusses guns being the number one cause of deaths of American “children and teens,” meaning it includes deaths of 18- and 19-year-olds.
Ammosexuals use the fact that it includes young people who are legally considered adults in most states as a way of discrediting or dismissing the discouraging statistic as a whole, as if firearms being the number one cause of death for children and also teenagers makes the situation any better, or as if firearms being the number two cause of death for children under 18 is a statistic American should be proud of.
