Michigan Senate Candidate Says Gun Violence Is Top Killer Of "Children Under 21"

Posted • October 15, 2024: There still aren't enough replies for a Community Note, but during a debate, Michigan Senate candidate Elissa Slotkin claimed that gun violence is the number one killer of children under 21 in our country. We're glad that she was being honest and noted that she was counting 21-year-olds as "children." Throw in all of the gang bangers in Chicago ages 17 and up and you might be getting close to the truth. -- Elissa Slotkin @ElissaSlotkin: “Gun violence is the number one killer of children under 21 in our country. You're either willing to do something about it, or you aren't. Mike Rogers isn't.” Children, or more accurately, minors, are 17 or under. Among minors, gun violence is nowhere near number one. 18-20 aren’t children you moron. Almost all of this statistic is older teenagers and young adults in gangs shooting each other. So we're calling literal adults children now? 🤡 And they believe the way to combat gang-related gun violence is to confiscate legally owned firearms from law-abiding citizens. (…)

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