The Biden administration shared a statement on Wednesday that falsely claimed that “guns are the number one killer of children.”
Guns are the number one killer of children in America.
Our Administration continues to do everything we can to end gun violence and save lives. pic.twitter.com/7xmvFNPhOW
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 5, 2024
Breitbart News debunked President Joe Biden’s claim, which he made on June 2, 2022, by conducting a thorough analysis of the data. They discovered that in order for Biden’s claim to be accurate, 18- and 19-year-olds had to be classified as children, even though they are not. Therefore, Biden’s claim, as well as the current claim from the White House, is false.
A report from FOX News on May 26, 2022, highlighted figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding firearm-related deaths and motor vehicle deaths among individuals aged 0-19 in 2020. The report stated that there were 4,368 firearm-related deaths and 4,036 motor vehicle deaths in this age range. This led to gun control groups asserting that more children die from guns than in car accidents. However, they failed to consider that the age range included 18- and 19-year-olds.
To further investigate, Breitbart News conducted a customized search using the CDC numbers. They specifically focused on the category of “children” aged 0-17, who are below the voting age. The results completely contradicted the gun control groups’ claim. In 2020, there were 2,281 firearm-related deaths for children aged 0-17, while the number of motor vehicle deaths for the same age group was 2,503. Furthermore, Breitbart’s analysis revealed that even when considering the expanded age range of 0-19, the CDC numbers showed that unintentional motor vehicle deaths were 27 times higher than unintentional firearm-related deaths.