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title: "73 million children under the age of 18 live in the US.  On average,…"
date: 2022-05-27
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# 73 million children under the age of 18 live in the US.  On average,…

*May 27, 2022 · Twitter/X*

73 million children under the age of 18 live in the US. On average, nine of them are killed in school shootings every year. By comparison, more than twice as many children (\~20) drown in buckets.

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