At least 157 people were killed and 270 were injured last year in unintentional shootings by children, according to Everytown, an advocacy group for firearm safety.

    • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      That drives me crazy too. You can look at the numbers, and see that abstinence only simply doesn’t work, that kids in abstinence-only schools have sex earlier, have riskier sexual habits, are more likely to catch and spread STIs, and have higher rates of teen pregnancy. From a simple harm reduction standpoint, you’d think people would say, wow, we can actually achieve what we say our goals are by giving kids accurate advice.

      I don’t get why people want to treat issues like this instead of being pragmatic and looking at the outcomes.