Since Newtown

From Mother Jones:

Following Sandy Hook, the National Rifle Association and its allies argued that arming more adults is the solution to protecting children, be it from deranged mass shooters or from home invaders. But the data we collected stands as a stark rejoinder to that view:

• 127 of the children died from gunshots in their own homes, while dozens more died in the homes of friends, neighbors, and relatives.
• 72 of the young victims either pulled the trigger themselves or were shot dead by another kid.
• In those 72 cases, only 4 adults have been held criminally liable.
• At least 52 deaths involved a child handling a gun left unsecured.

Additional findings include:

• 60 children died at the hands of their own parents, 50 of them in homicides.
• The average age of the victims was 6 years old.
• More than two-thirds of the victims were boys, as were more than three-quarters of the kids who pulled the trigger.
• The problem was worst over the past year in the South, which saw at least 92 child gun deaths, followed by the Midwest (44), the West (38), and the East (20).