Death rates among kids from shootings rose in states that weakened gun control laws--study.

States that weakened gun laws saw rise in pediatric mortality, study finds | CNN Firearms have risen to become the leading cause of death among children and teens in the United States in recent years, but a new study joins a growing set of evidence that gun laws can make a difference. Deidre McPhillips CNN

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Over the next 13 years, thousands more children died from firearm violence than earlier trends would have predicted – and all of the increase happened in groups of states that had more permissive gun laws, according to a study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.

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