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Responsible gun owners?
Between May 1, 2022, and April 30, 2023, there were at least 162 incidents in which a child under 13 picked up a gun and fired it, inadvertently wounding or killing themselves or another child under 13.
https://www.thetrace.org/2023/06/children-gun-safety-accidental-shootings/
162 deaths and injuries of children that even the most ardent gunhumper must admit are pointless and easily preventable without touching the sacred 2nd.
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That comes out to 13.5 a month, or just over 3 a week. Sweet baby Jesus in Huggies pull-ups. 
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