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[–] Xanis@lemmy.world 46 points 6 days ago

Good point. It's not as if there is 'No way to prevent this,' Says only nation where this regularly happens.

Children are being shot and there is a much higher chance of these kids needing this plate than literally anywhere else that isn't an active warzone. That statistic alone should say enough. This IS a problem and we should not downplay that fact.