The Arizona Department of Health Services (AZDHS) just put a lump of coal in the stockings of Second Amendment activists in the state by recommending that firearms be removed from households where children are present.
In addition, the agency’s annual report says the state should require mental health screening and firearm safety training for anyone buying a firearm, and initiate licensing of gun owners and tracking firearm ownership. The report also recommended “proper storage of all firearms” and limiting access to firearms.
The 31st annual report from the AZDHS Child Fatality Review Team shows the top leading causes of death among children in 2023 in the state were (1) motor vehicle crashes, which cost 81 lives, (2) firearm injury, 68 death, (3) suffocation, 52 fatalities, (4) (fentanyl) poisoning, 34 deaths, and (5) drowning, 31 victims.
According to Arizona Free News, the report—published last month—was delivered to the governor and leaders in both the state Senate and House “for the purpose of guiding policy and even influencing state intervention.”
The report said 853 children died in Arizona in 2023, and the review teams “teams determined that 49% of these deaths were preventable,” although it is not clear how. In the case of vehicle crashes, the report said the responsible driver was under age 19, and ten of those drivers were between 13 and 15 years old. In 22 cases, the drivers were in the 16-18 age bracket
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