Bottom Line Up Front: States that loosened gun laws following a landmark 2010 Supreme Court ruling experienced over 7,400 excess pediatric firearm deaths through 2023, with states maintaining strict firearm regulations seeing stable or declining death rates among children and teens. Guns now kill more American children than car crashes do. This stark reality emerged from new research published in JAMA Pediatrics showing that states with permissive firearm laws experienced thousands of preventable child deaths following the 2010 McDonald v. Chicago Supreme Court decision that extended Second Amendment protections to state and local governments. Dr. Jeremy Faust, an emergency physician … Continue reading States With Loose Gun Laws See 7,400 Excess Child Deaths Since McDonald Ruling