Monday, May 24, 2010

Guns as likely to kill kids in rural areas

By CARLA K. JOHNSON

Children in the most rural areas of the United States are as likely to die by gunshot as kids in the biggest cities, a new analysis of nearly 24,000 deaths finds.

Not surprisingly, murders involving firearms are more common among city youth. But gun suicides and accidental fatal shootings level the score: They are more common among rural children.  Read more...




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