How many are gang bangers? A recent analysis conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 2021 set a record of 4,752 minors killed with firearms. The analysis unsurprisingly noted that over 80% of those killed with a firearm were males 19 and younger. Of those males killed with firearms, a higher percentage of black males died due to homicide, whereas a higher percentage of white male deaths with guns was attributed to suicide. Pushing the anti-Second Amendment lobby's false talking point that guns are a "public health crisis," pediatric trauma surgeon and lead author of the study Dr. Chethan Sathya asserted: "The most likely reason that your child will die in this country is at the hands of a firearm. That's not acceptable." That's not rational or realistic; it's simply fearmongering. Of course, the biggest problem with this claim is one of missing context. How many of these minors — the vast majority of those killed (82.6%) were age 15 to 19 — were engaged in criminal activity? Furthermore, the misleading "gun violence" term is used to dismiss the notion of individual culpability. This is not a health crisis but a behavioral one. The issue is not firearms. The issue is a growing number of young people are motivated to kill others or themselves. This analysis justifies the objection of Second Amendment advocates to allowing the CDC to conduct firearms-related studies. Firearms are not a disease, nor are they health related. They are simply tools.
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