How does the risk of harm from gun violence compare between children in the United States and children elsewhere?
ANSWER A recent United Nation’s Report noted that the United States leads the world in rankings for murders of young people. Nine out of 10 killings of young people in the industrialized world happen in the U.S. Since 1979, more children (60,008) have died from firearms in the United States than all of the Gulf Wars, and in U.S. engagements in Haiti, Somalia, and Bosnia combined.
