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- 13 children die each day from gunfire
- 30 children are injured by gunfire each day
- In 1991, the number of children younger than 10 who died as a result
of gunfire was twice the number of US troops killed in the Persian
Gulf and Somalia combined
- 20,000 children will be killed by gun violence during your high school
career
- Violence is the nations 12th leading cause of death, and the number
one cause of death and disability for people ages 13 to 24
- The equivalent of a classroom full of teenagers is killed every two
days by firearms, according to the Children's Defense Fund