Parenting or lack thereof, causes 95% of all the deaths to children under 18yrs. old. Parents protecting, watching, training, teaching, guiding their children 24/7 could eliminate 50% all all kid deaths.
Auto accidents, bicycles, doctors, hospitals, sports, drugs, play grounds, poisons, suffocation, toys, electrocution, knifes, choking, household accidents all individually caused more deaths than guns. In fact, guns in the hands of bad or mentally disturbed people, have caused less then .00003% of all kids deaths. And less then .0000012% of those were killed with a semi automatic weapon. On the other hand illegal drugs have killed 1.7% of all kids, and drugs are banned by our Government.