Democrats' Favorite Talking Point About Children and Gun Deaths is a Lie

By John Lott, Worldwide Expert on Guns & Crime

Gun control advocates often claim that guns are the leading cause of death among children - but that is false.

Earlier this year, Virginia’s new governor-elect, Democrat Abigail Spanberger, demanded new gun control laws, calling guns "the number one killer of kids in our country." Other Democrats such as North Carolina’s Democrat Gov. Josh Stein also mentioned it. In June, the Ad Council launched a $10 million campaign touting the "alarming statistic - gun injuries at the number one killer of children and teens in this country." And, of course, there were parting shots from Biden's Council of Economic Advisers, literally days before they left office earlier this year, pushing the claim.

Guns aren't the leading cause of death among children, even when adolescents are included. Eliminating guns won't save lives - bans consistently drive murder rates higher and leave overall suicide numbers unchanged. But Democrats want to ban guns, repeating the false claim that firearms are the number one killer of "children" to justify their agenda. [more...]