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BACKGROUND

This study aimed to evaluate the patterns of firearm violence against children before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the patterns of specific types of firearm violence against children over time (2016–2020).

METHODS

Retrospective firearm violence data were obtained from the Gun Violence Archive. The rate of firearm violence was weighted per 100,000 children. A scatterplot was created to depict the rate of total annual child-involved shooting incidents over time; with a linear trendline fit to 2016 to 2019 data to show projected versus actual 2020 firearm violence. All 50 states were categorized into either “strong gun law”(n= 25) or “weak gun law”(n= 25) cohorts. Multivariate linear regressions were performed for number of child-involved shootings over time.

RESULTS

There were a total of 1,076 child-involved shootings in 2020, 811 in 2019, and 803 in 2018. The median total child …