Kidnapping Risk Is Far Lower Than Alarmists in the Press Would Have You Believe

There are about 72 million children 17 or younger in America. And the number kidnapped by strangers is about 100. So the odds of being kidnapped are about 1 in 720,000.

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Kidnapping persists as one of the top three fears of American parents despite its (thank God) rarity.

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