194 kids killed by guns since Newtown

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    Originally Posted By TomSawyer

    194 kids were killed by guns since the Newtown massacre a year ago. 103 were homicide victims, 84 died in gun handling accidents, 3 were suicides and the cause of 4 of the deaths were unclear.

    Pictures of these 194 kids who were this years sacrifice to our national obsession with gun ownership are shown at the link below.

    <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/12/children-killed-guns-after-newtown-portraits">http://www.motherjones.com/pol...ortraits</a>
     
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    Originally Posted By andyll

    Well lucky for us a GOP congressman is going to hold a gun safety event on the Newtown anniversary. Florida of course.

    <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/10/congressman-hosts-gun-safety-event-for-kids-on-newtown-anniversary/?hpt=hp_t2">http://politicalticker.blogs.c...pt=hp_t2</a>
     
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    Originally Posted By Donny

    72 of the young victims either pulled the trigger themselves or were shot dead by another kid.

    This does break my heart.

    <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://eddieeagle.nra.org/">http://eddieeagle.nra.org/</a>
     
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    Originally Posted By FerretAfros

    Any idea how this statistic compares to the previous year?
     
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    Originally Posted By Daannzzz

    Did you notice how more of the boys were an accident and more of the little girls were a homicide?
     
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    Originally Posted By Donny

    I just posted this article on my facebook
     

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