The Guardian - “These Deaths are Not Inevitable”

‘These deaths are not inevitable’: state gun control laws reduce children’s firearm deaths, study shows
States that enact stricter gun control measures show a decrease in the leading cause of death of US children

By Robin Buller — June 20th, 2025

’”[We saw] so many excess deaths over and above what would have been expected,’ said Jeremy Faust, an emergency room physician and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard University, and the study’s lead author.

But in states that passed stricter laws – such as background checks, permitting and safe-storage requirements – rates either stayed stagnant or fell. That finding surprised Faust, who anticipated that every state would see at least some increase since the number of kids killed by guns in the US has risen so sharply over the past decade.”

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