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Governor posts inaccurate info on gun deaths
August 28, 1999
The Orange County Register
SACRAMENTO � Gov. Gray Davis' office Friday overstated by more than 10 times
the number of children killed in accidental shootings in California.
In a news release issued by the governor's office and posted on the
governor's Internet page, Davis said 675 children died last year in
accidental shootings and 2,000 had perished in the past six years.
In fact, no numbers are available for such deaths in 1998.
The most recent figures from the state Health Services Department show that
seven children under 15 died from accidental gunshot wounds in 1997. Another
34 people 15 to 24 died in such shootings.
A study by the Violence Prevention Center said 675 children under 18 died in
1996 from gunshot wounds.
A Davis spokeswoman said the error occurred when a press aide writing the
release misinterpreted numbers in a speech prepared for Davis.
The governor's office pulled the errant release from the Internet after
inquiries from The Orange County Register.
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