FACT CHECK: Teen Vogue Falsely Claims Guns the No. 1 Killer of Children

CLAIM: In a May 14, 2025, article, Teen Vogue claimed “gun violence recently surpassed auto accidents as the number one killer of American children.”

VERDICT: False. (The claim only works if people of voting age — 18 and 19 — are counted as “children.”)

Breitbart News noted that former president Joe Biden was the first to make the false claim that guns were the “No. 1 Killer of Children” on June 2, 2022. He repeated the false claim numerous times over the following two years and the inaccurate claim was echoed by Kamala Harris, former president Barack Obama, pro-gun control actor Billy Porter, pro-gun control actress Alyssa Milano, film director Scott Derrickson, and many other gun control advocates.

Each time the claim was made Breitbart News did a fact check, noting

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