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String Of Child Shootings Cast Light On Texas’ Shocking Gun Violence

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September 17, 2019
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Five children were shot in four separate incidents over the weekend in Texas, highlighting a sobering statistic for a state already struggling with gun violence: Texas ranks first in the nation for unintentional shootings involving children.

Authorities said the spate of shootings included a 4-year-old boy who was shot and killed by his 5-year-old brother; a 6-year-old who was shot with a rifle by his adolescent brother; a 3-year-old who was possibly grazed by a bullet, an 8-year-old who sat on a semiautomatic handgun; and a 14-year-old girl who was reportedly being treated for injuries, according to CBS 11.

These shootings evidence a parallel problem of youth gun violence in a state that has already been devastated by several mass shootings in 2019, including one of the nation’s deadliest ever, in El Paso in August. 

=Ryan Price, 6, participates in a March for Our Lives rally on March 24, 2018 in Round Rock, Texas. More than 800 March for O



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=Ryan Price, 6, participates in a March for Our Lives rally on March 24, 2018 in Round Rock, Texas. More than 800 March for Our Lives events, organized by survivors of the Parkland, Florida school shooting.

Prior to that shooting, Texas already led the nation in unintentional shootings by children, according to a report by the Houston Chronicle that cited data collected by Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun violence prevention group. Nearly 200,000 Texas children live in homes with unlocked, loaded firearms, according to Brady Campaign statistics. 

That’s a dangerous combo ― a report from Everytown estimates that one-third of youth suicides and unintentional deaths are prevented by securing guns properly.

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“When firearms are left unsecured, the consequences can be deadly,” said Everytown Research Director Sarah Burd-Sharps.

In 2018, there were 25 unintentional shootings in Texas involving children who found a loaded firearm. With several months remaining in 2019, that number has already reached at least 24, according to Everytown’s #NotAnAccident index, which tracks unintentional shootings across the country.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) approved a spending bill in June that allocated $1 million toward a public campaign advocating for safe gun storage.

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