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Re:I Built This AK-47. It's Legal and Totally Untraceable by angersock on Saturday May 25, 2013 @02:12PM (#5768157)
Statistics from 2008-2009:

http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publicat...

Basically, <3K children per year for 2008 and 2009.

...and the estimated total child population:

http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/tables/pop1.asp

Around 74 million at that time.

So, this is whitenoise from population standpoint; .004% of the population of kids.

I'm not going to suggest giving up access to pistols for the nation because of statistical outliers.

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Re:I Built This AK-47. It's Legal and Totally Untraceable by Cushman on Saturday May 25, 2013 @02:32PM (#5768239)
I was using "children" rhetorically here, including gang violence and adult suicides basically. Anyway, this isn't the place for the conversation.
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Re:I Built This AK-47. It's Legal and Totally Untraceable by angersock on Saturday May 25, 2013 @02:40PM (#5768276)
Fair enough--my general instinct is just to start bringing up stats when something this emotionally-charged comes up. Carry on. :)
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