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Ohio Gun Violence Highlighted on Day of Concern

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Wednesday, October 22, 2008   

Columbus, Ohio – The number of children in Ohio killed by firearms has been on the increase in recent years, and a worldwide remembrance today hopes to raise awareness and stop the trend. The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is leveraging the "Day of International Concern About Young People and Gun Violence" to publicize the work it has done for ten years tracking the deadly trend.

Spokesman Ed Shelleby says, while updating gun safety laws could help, saving children's lives needs to become a priority, and parents can start by refusing to buy products for that glamorize guns.

"We have this sort of romanticized notion of guns and violence in video games and movies, on television, on the internet, and if parents say, 'You know what? We’re not going to give this to our children,' that would be a great first start."

Individuals and communities must work together to protect our children, according to Shelleby.

"Talk to community leaders and tell them about the effects of gun violence, not only for children, but for themselves, and for their communities."

118 children in Ohio were killed by firearms in 2005. The CDF found the most recently-released data is actually the first increase in gun deaths since 1994.

The latest federal statistics show more preschoolers nationwide are killed by firearms in a year than law enforcement officers are killed in the line of duty. Some deaths are accidents, but most are murders.

Complete data on firearm deaths of children and teens at www.childrensdefense.org.



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