gas stations and gun dealers
there are more gun dealers
in america
than gas stations
in california, more children
are killed by guns
than by car accidents
the rate of violent crimes
went down last year, but
the number of deaths
by guns increased
gun shot wounds
to people under sixteen
doubled
in the past three years
a young person
commits suicide with
a handgun
every eight hours
five hundred thirty-eight of
four thousand, nine hundred
ninety-eight
gunshot deaths last year
were accidental
my niece was over
at her grandparent’s house
she saw a rifle
sitting on the hallway floor
and she said to me,
hey, that’s a gun
and i told her
not to touch it
guns scare me
but she was fascinated
and i was more scared
there are more gun dealers
in america
than gas stations
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