Gavin Newsom challenged for declaring guns are the '#1 killer of kids in America’: ‘It's abortion'

Prominent social media users went after Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., on Friday after the leader declared that guns are the “#1 killer of kids in America."

Newsom’s post linked to a Washington Post article published this week which cited a 2021 study revealing that 2021 was the "the second year in a row in which guns were the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States, surpassing cars, drug overdoses and cancer." Gabriel Hays is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. 

The Post stated, "The report said 4,752 children died from a firearm injury in 2021 — an increase of almost 42 percent from 2018. The study, published in the journal American Academy of Pediatrics, found nearly half of those who died in 2021 were Black and about 85 percent were males."