- 1,516 mass shootings in 1,735 days
- Americans own an estimated 265,000,000 guns, more than one gun for every adult.
- Data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive reveals a shocking human toll: there is a mass shooting – defined as four or more people shot in one incident, not including the shooter – every nine out of 10 days on average.
- America has 4.4 percent of the world’s population, but almost half of the civilian-owned guns around the world
- On average, there is more than one mass shooting for each day in America
- States with more guns have more gun deaths
- Most gun deaths are suicides
- The states with the most guns report the most suicides
Tuesday, October 03, 2017
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From articles in Vox and The Guardian
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