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2023-06-26 19:25:21 UTC - HELPFUL
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The study this tweet is based off of adds adults up to the day before a person turns 20 and excludes infants under the age of 1, exclude those and firearms are not the leading cause of death. 2,400 died from vehicle accidents vs 2,270 deaths due to firearms in 2020. https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/03/29/guns-leading-deaths-children-us/ https://www.gunowners.org/guns-are-not-the-leading-cause-of-death-among-children-2/ https://www.nraila.org/articles/20230424/no-children-are-not-more-likely-to-die-by-guns-than-motor-vehicles
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