Gun Violence In The USA

With the recent shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Griffiths, resulting in the deaths of 6 of her constituents, including a 9 year old girl named Christina Green, and the wounding of 13 more, the issue of gun control has come up again. I thought it might be interesting to share a few statistical facts about the number of gun violence victims in the United States in a given year. The following facts and figures come from the CDC (Center for Disease Control) and The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. The Brady Campaign is An organization which is named in honor Of James Brady who was the Press Secretary for President Ronald Reagan on the day of the assassination attempt on Reagan on March 30th, 1981. Mr. Brady was shot in the head on that day and suffered serious brain injuries. The following figures are compiled from statistics gathered over the last few years. The figures are only to do with gun violence and do not include various other types of violence leading to deaths such as knife attacks, beatings, bombings, poisonings or what have you:

More than 100,000 People are shot each year in America by various types of gun violence including murder, assaults, suicides, accidents, or some kind of a police action.

More than 66,000 survive gun violence every year.

More than 32,000 do not survive their gun attacks.

More than 17,000 people commit suicide every year using guns.

More than 12,000 people are murdered every year with guns.

More than 3000 children and teens die each year. Over 2000 of these the result of murder using guns.

More than 600 children and teens kill themselves every year with guns.

More than 600 total individuals are killed accidentally each year by guns.

More than 250 people are shot every day in the United States.

Almost 100 of these shooting victims die every day.

Almost 10 children and teens die every day from gun violence.