More preschoolers killed from guns than police in USA
Nicholas Kristof: Gun deaths more numerous for preschoolers than police
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"In America, more preschoolers are shot dead each year (82 in 2013) than police officers are in the line of duty (27 in 2013), according to figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the FBI," Kristof wrote in an Oct. 3, 2015 op-ed.
A reader asked us to see if that was accurate. We found that it was, and for more years than the one he cited. We also stress-tested his comparison by defining preschoolers more narrowly than he did and for the most part, the comparison still holds up.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation tracks the deaths of law enforcement officers, whether they serve in the smallest sheriff’s department or a large federal agency. In 2013, 26 officers died in shootings. (Kristof was off by one because he included a non-shooting death.)
Counting the deaths of preschoolers is a bit more complicated. You have to decide the age range that defines a preschooler, and whether to include both accidental and intentional killings.
We learned from Kristof that he took preschoolers to mean every child from a newborn to 4-years-old, and he included gun deaths under all circumstances. Since public health routinely focuses on accidents, that is consistent with Kristof’s approach and gun violence normally includes homicide.
Actually a majority of them are from lower income communities where gang violence is rampant and sadly gun violence occurs while children are present. I'll have to check the receipts but I believe on 4th of July weekend in CHICAGO ALONE, almost a dozen children were shot from gang violence. It a shame that nobody reports on this anywhere in the media.
Like in an underdeveloped third world country where diseases are also rampant and healthcare is provided to the average Joe by charities pulling their camps/tents back from Africa.
That's how Europe sees America, there is something underdeveloped, super conservative, affected by religion,... like the muslim fundamentalists equivalent of the West being called Amurica.
It a shame that nobody reports on this anywhere in the media.
