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Gun-related suicides and homicides in the United States [1] Gun deaths in U.S. in proportional relationship to total population (2012 analysis, based on 2008 data). Gun violence is a term of political, economic and sociological interest referring to the tens of thousands of annual firearms-related deaths and injuries occurring in the United States.
Guns are the second-leading cause of death for children under 18 (behind car accidents but ahead of cancer). About a third of households with kids have a gun. Almost half of all Americans (44 ...
The second-highest total of gun deaths ever recorded was in 2022, when 48,204 people died from gun-related injuries, the report noted. It added that those deaths included more than 27,000 suicides ...
Most children in the US who die from an accidental shooting are playing around with guns at home or mistaking them for toys, according to a new study. And the research suggests that over 90% of ...
In 2021, there were 26,000 gun suicides and 21,000 gun homicides, together making up a sixth of deaths from external causes. Gun deaths make up about half of all suicides, but over 80% of homicides. [5] Gun deaths in 2021 rose to levels not seen since the 1990s, but remained below rates of the 1970s. [6]
This category includes articles on people killed by firearms in the United States. It does not include people killed in wars in the United States (e.g., in the American Civil War). Also included are articles on death events involving firearms.
Black children accounted for 67.3% of gun-related homicides, with a nearly twofold death rate increase from 2020. White children accounted for 78.4% of gun-related suicides. Overall, Black ...
In the days since, guns have killed at least 2244 more people. Chicago has seen more recent gun deaths than any other city in the U.S. In a speech there, President Obama said "too many of our children are being taken away from us" as a result of gun violence.