Since people (not you) are quibbling about whether it’s 10th place or 5th or 50th, I thought I’d throw in some context without replying directly to anyone impersonating aquatic mammals.
Stats below, if anyone needs convincing. Short version: In most other comparable countries, child mortality can be divided into “cars”, and "everything else. In the comparable countries, car deaths outnumber gun deaths by at least 10-to-1. Surprisingly, childhood gun deaths can rank as high as 5th place, but in such cases they’re part of a “long tail” of lesser-numbered causes.
ETA: Note that all graphs (except the final table) are per 100 000. They’re scaled to population.
Arguing about “10th vs 5th” when it doesn’t have to be close to first is just ghoulish. (again, not you).
