How many children are killed or injured by guns in the home in?

Answer 1

In the US less then .01% of homes with registered firearms report an injury or death to a child excluding homicide and suicide. To put this in context: * More children are killed from the flu each year * More children are killed in automobile accidents each year * More children die of lukemia each year * More children die to homicide each year * More children die from suicide each year (mostly teenagers fyi) then children injuried by domestic firearm accidents. I could not find any reliable data outside of the US in the time I have allotted to answering this question. Due to the highly political nature of gun control and gun politics on both sides it is difficult to cut through biased reports. In addition the per-capita rates of incidents is heavily economically and racially tilted with minorities and the poor having higher rates of incidents (this could be due to something as simple as not being able to afford a good quality gun cabinet all the way to guns found on the street.) A comprehensive report would be required to have an accurate picture and sadly, due to politics, neither side of the discussion has access to a neutral report on the issue. Important factors: You must eliminate homicide data as anyone breaking into a home, bringing a gun with, would likely fall into the report of "guns in the home" scenario.