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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I don't care any more if a 6 year old year gets accidentally shot or a 16 year old gets shot in a drug deal.
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Really?
Granted, a 16 year old certainly isn't a fully mentally developed adult, but they have agency. They're capable of discerning right from wrong and making informed decisions. If a 16 year old is shot while conducting a drug deal, they've probably made some bad choices in order to put themselves in that position. I can't think of any circumstance where you could say a 6 year old is in any material way culpable for his or her own gun death.
Do you really want to stand by this view?
EDIT: It seems to me that the better response would be something like, "12 times more likely means that about 10% of those children were absolutely and inarguably innocent children - that is, 12 years or under. 130 dead kids a year is also a complete travesty."