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Firearms are the leading cause of death for children and teens in the US.

CDC, WONDER, Provisional Mortality Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death, Injury Mechanism & All Other Leading Causes (accessed August 10, 2026). Data from 2025. Ages 1–19

Last updated: 10.8.2026

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Every day, nearly 130 people in the United States are killed with guns, twice as many are shot and wounded, and countless others are impacted by acts of gun violence.

Everytown Research analysis of CDC, WONDER, Provisional Mortality Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death, 2021–2025; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project nonfatal firearm injury data, 2020; and SurveyUSA, Market Research Study #26602, 2022.

Last updated: 10.7.2026