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Search results for "Eight children, ranging in age from 1 to 14 years old, were shot dead in Shreveport, Louisiana"

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Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence stated on June 17, 2014 in a gun-control rally claim:
An average of nine children a day in the U.S. die of gunshot wounds.
By Ian K. Kullgren• June 27, 2014
Nicholas Kristof stated on October 03, 2015 in a New York Times op-ed:
"More preschoolers are shot dead each year than police officers are in the line of duty."
By Jon Greenberg• October 6, 2015
Tucker Carlson stated on August 09, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox and Friends Weekend.":
"Far more children died last year drowning in their bathtubs than were killed accidentally by guns."
By Jon Greenberg• August 15, 2014
Instagram posts stated on March 29, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“The UK has had ZERO school shootings since” it changed its gun laws after a 1996 school shooting.
By Madison Czopek• March 31, 2023
Nationwide stated on February 01, 2015 in an ad during the Super Bowl:
"The No. 1 cause of childhood deaths is preventable accidents."
By Steve Contorno• February 2, 2015
Philip Levine stated on February 20, 2018 in a TV ad:
"Here in Florida, despite 14 school shootings in eight years, we still have some of the weakest gun laws in the nation."
By Allison Graves• February 23, 2018
Jackie Speier stated on December 14, 2016 in a tweet:
"Since the Sandy Hook tragedy, more than seven children PER DAY have died from gun violence."
By Chris Nichols• December 27, 2016
Rick Perry stated on February 05, 2014 in an interview with the Texas Tribune and Washington Post.:
"When I came into office, our vaccination rate in Texas was 65 percent. When I left two weeks ago, it was 95 percent."
By W. Gardner Selby• February 12, 2015
Randy Forbes stated on June 16, 2015 in a written statement.:
"The average age a child is trafficked into the commercial sex trade industry is between 11 and 14 years old."
By Sean Gorman• July 6, 2015
Ashbey Beasley stated on March 27, 2023 in a statement to the media:
“Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens — it has overtaken cars.”
By Amy Sherman• March 29, 2023
Jill Vogel stated on January 27, 2016 in legislative hearing.:
In Virginia, "people are going and getting marriage licenses who are 12 and 13, and 14 and 15 years old."
By Sean Gorman• February 8, 2016
Kari Lake stated on October 19, 2022 in a tweet:
The COVID-19 vaccine for children is proving to be “not only ineffective, it’s also proving to be dangerous.”
By Alexis Waiss• November 9, 2022
Donald Trump stated on January 05, 2026 in a graphic on Truth Social and Instagram:
The former U.S. childhood vaccine schedule called for babies to get “72 injections.”
By Grace Abels, Loreben Tuquero• January 15, 2026
X posts stated on May 14, 2022 in Twitter posts:
The mass shooting in Buffalo, New York was a “false flag event.”
By Gabrielle Settles• May 18, 2022
Steve Adler stated on June 14, 2016 in an interview with Bob Cole on Austin's KOKE-FM:
Austin was the "site of the first mass shooting in the country."
By W. Gardner Selby• June 23, 2016
Instagram posts stated on January 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Twelve babies died from taking RSV drug in clinical trials.
By Jeff Cercone• January 30, 2024
Steve Bullock stated on May 19, 2019 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
"You look at today, only half the 30-year-olds are doing better than their parents were at age 30. When I was being raised, it was 90%."
By Louis Jacobson• May 21, 2019
Michele Bachmann stated on September 13, 2011 in several media interviews:
Says the vaccine to prevent HPV can cause mental retardation.
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• September 16, 2011
Donald Trump stated on September 21, 2025 in a press gaggle on Air Force One:
Small children are given "80 different vaccines."
By Grace Abels• September 26, 2025
Infowars stated on November 04, 2021 in a video:
“Sending your child to school” on a day when vaccines are being administered “is implied consent” for getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
By Kayla Steinberg• November 10, 2021

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