you reap what you seed.

Does the trend track ownership or is it in excess of ownership?

I know, I know, think of the children and all that screeching, but if turning NYC into Atlanta as far as firearm ownership is concerned results in the Atlanta rate of kids getting their hands on guns and shooting themselves or others then what's the big deal?

From the study...

>Excess mortality analysis found that a group of states with the most permissive firearm laws after 2010 experienced more than 6029 firearm deaths in children and adolescents aged 0 to 17 years between 2011 and 2023 and 1424 excess firearm deaths in a group of states with permissive laws. In the most permissive states, the largest increase occurred in the non-Hispanic Black pediatric population; among all states, 4 states had statistical decreases in pediatric firearm mortality during the study period, all of which were in states with strict firearm policies.