Sixty-eight Arizona children were killed with guns in 2023, according to the latest state report on child fatalities.

Guns were the second leading cause of accidental death among children. The number of Arizona children dead at the end of a gun barrel has jumped a stunning 171% over the last decade.

The November report, by the state’s Department of Health Services’ Child Fatality Review Team, is setting off alarms at the state Capitol, where two Republican lawmakers are demanding action to protect …

… No, not the kids.

House Judiciary Chairman Quang Nguyen and Vice Chairwoman Selina Bliss, on Monday branded the report an “unjustified attack on the Second Amendment” and demanded that the agency take it back.

“We are appalled that the CFRT, speaking on behalf of the Arizona Department of Health........

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