Guns are the leading cause of death for American children

<p>There was a small rise in gun deaths from 2013 to 2017 and then a big uptick in 2020.</p> <p>Perhaps someone will talk about school shootings, then post the graph to suggest these are the leading cause of death. Most recently, I saw the graph posted on a Covid&nbsp;<a href="https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/yet-another-school-mass-shooting" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">epidemiologist&rsquo;s substack</a>, discussing possible solutions to gun violence.</p> <p>I think the graph is misleading. There are a few reasons we have to break this data down to understand the problems.</p> <p>First off, it lumps together homicide and suicide. Which one got worse in 2020?</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@tgof137/guns-are-the-leading-cause-of-death-for-american-children-e5d5bcbb121c"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>