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According to a count carried out by Gun Archive Violence451 minors under 18 years of age have died so far in 2024 due to the use of weapons in USAof which 73 are under 11 years old and 378 were between 12 and 17.
In addition, 1,143 children were injured in these first four months, according to the same source, after a review of this newspaper within the framework of Children’s Day.
In the most recent incident, last Sunday a 3-year-old boy was hospitalized in an emergency in Homestead, Florida, after a self-inflicted gunshot.
The investigation revealed that the minor took the firearm and shot himself, while the mother, a School Board Police officer, prepared the food.
As a result of the investigation, the mother, identified as Stephanie Jerez, was arrested and faces charges of negligence child with bodily harm.
Last week, congressmen from Parliament in Tennessee approved a bill allowing teachers, principals and staff to carry concealed weapons, a year after a deadly shooting at a school in this state that left three children and three staff members dead.
Fatal shootings are common in the United States, where there are 400 million firearms in circulation. In 2020, 45 thousand citizens died from gunshot wounds, suicide, accident u homicide, according to figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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