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The Quiet Epidemic of Guns Killing Children

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The world watches closely when mass shootings like the one in Uvalde, Texas, claim innocent lives in the United States. Less visible is the rising rate of day-to-day gun deaths of children 14 and younger. Researchers say firearms are the No. 1 cause of death for U.S. children. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias has more.