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The rate of children killed by gun in their own homes has doubled since 2010

Two-thirds of gun victims 12 and younger died in their home

States with lax gun control laws had higher rates of in-home child firearm homicides

MONDAY, Sept. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — In-home firearm homicides of children and teenagers have more than doubled since 2010, according to a new study.

Nearly a quarter of children and teenagers killed by guns died in their own homes between 2020 and 2021, including two-thirds of child victims 12 and under, according to findings published Sept. 26 in JAMA Surgery .

These cases are most often associated with murder-suicide (23%); child abuse (20%); and intimate partner violence (17%), the study found.

What’s more, children are more likely to die

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