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Top_Of_Gov_Watchlist t1_je7azxu wrote

Reply to comment by Tahh in Firearms deaths involving preschool-aged children had increased at an alarmingly high rate in the United States in the past decade, but state laws may help curb shooting deaths among young children. by Wagamaga

The homicide rate... is this split into justified homicide vs criminal homicide? Or is this just a stat for the children homicide rate?

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Tahh t1_je80x3h wrote

I'm a little confused at what you are asking. As I wrote, the data is exclusively for victims ages 0 - 5. Knowing that, what do you mean by justified homicide? I honestly don't really know what a justified homicide is for any age group and I don't think they really distinguish that from other homicides in the stats, but for the topic at hand let's focus only on 0-5.

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AimlessZealot t1_je7m6zd wrote

You realize we're discussing statistics of children age 0-5? What is a 'justified homicide' for that age group in your mind?

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Top_Of_Gov_Watchlist t1_je7mc6w wrote

My last comment was asking.... read it again...

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joleme t1_je80r1o wrote

The first line of OPs......

> For the appx. 1100 firearm deaths that occurred among ages 0-5 between 2010 - 2020:

Maybe you should read it again.

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AimlessZealot t1_je7mhb9 wrote

As the commenter prefaced and the study above states, those and all other statistics presented were for children ages 0-5.

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Top_Of_Gov_Watchlist t1_je7qq0y wrote

And that's what I was attempting to clarify from the person who I was directing the comment towards which wasn't the OP.... it wasn't clear what the stats they randomly posted were.

Now feel free to stop commenting to me. You have been rude for no reason.

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M00n_Slippers t1_je924z9 wrote

There's no such thing as justified homicide. Self-defense would not be considered homicide.

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SerialStateLineXer t1_je96aw7 wrote

Homicide means killing someone for any reason, including self defense. Hence the FBI publishes stats on justifiable homicides.

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SerialStateLineXer t1_je9670e wrote

In this study it specifically refers to children under the age of 5, but stats for overall homicide rates are very similar.

Justifiable homicide is relatively rare, but likely has the same pattern.

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