...Gun violence is not only the second leading cause of death for American children, behind car accidents, but the leading cause of death for black American children.
Black children and teens are twice as likely to be killed by guns as by cars, the report notes, while white children and teens are nearly three times more likely to die in car accidents than because of gun violence. Black teenage males, such as Brown and Martin, are especially at risk.
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