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In 2019, 86 children under 5 were killed with guns compared with 51 law enforcement officers in the line of duty

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Federal Bureau of Investigation. 2020. “2019 Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted,” Table 28: Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed by Type of Weapon, 2010–2019 and Table 65: Law Enforcement Officers Accidentally Killed by Type of Accident and Activity of Victim Officer at Time of Incident, 2013–2017. http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/leoka. Note: Law enforcement deaths include felonious and accidental deaths by firearms.