Awareness of Gun Violence Against Children

Fact: Gun violence is the #1 killer of children and teens

Be aware of how we are losing our children to gun violance.

Shooting themselves or other children with unsecured, unlocked, and loaded guns

  • Only twenty-six states have laws for mandatory gun locks in homes with children.

  • 4.6 million children in the US live in homes with guns that are both loaded and unlocked.

Shot in their car seats, home, yards, or public places from indiscriminate or targeted gunfire

  • Young people (12-24) commit half of all firearm homicides yet only 1/5 of the population.

Shot in their schools by shooters with automatic weapons

  • Six out of the nine deadliest mass shootings from 2018-2022 were carried out by those under the age of 21.

  • Weapon of choice in mass shootings, automatic weapons, can be legally bought by anyone 18 or older.

Shot by a parent - on purpose.

  • Few states have laws keeping perpetrators of domestic violence from owning guns.

  • Few states have Red Flag laws keeping guns out of the hands of those suffering from mental illness.

Visit Gun Violence Archive to see the shocking statistics of gun violence.

The Gun Violence Archive is an online archive of gun violence incidents collected from over 7,500 law enforcement, media, government, and commercial sources daily in an effort to provide near-real-time data about the results of gun violence. GVA is an independent data collection and research group with no affiliation with any advocacy organization.