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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS Gun Violence by the Numbers
(Older but relevant)
5 Average number of child deaths in gun-related accidents or suicide EVERY DAY
9 Number of kids under 19 years old killed by guns EVERYDAY
32 Number of states in the US that allow ANYONE to purchase firearms without an ID or criminal background check
40 Percent of gun sales in the US occur without an ID or background check requirement
40 Percent of American households that contain both children and guns
83 Average number of Americans killed by guns EVERYDAY
1,260 Average number of annual firearm homicides in the European Union (pop 376 million)
10,821 Average number of annual firearm homicides in the US (pop 282 million)
34,000 Average number of Americans killed by guns EVERY YEAR
$33,000 Average medical cost (80% uninsured) of a gun related death
$300,000 Average cost (80% uninsured) of a gun related injury
70,000 Average number of gun-related injuries EVERY YEAR
655,000 Number US service men and women killed in all Foreign Wars combined
1,035,000 Number of gun deaths in the US over the past 30 years
$4 million NRA contributions to George W. Bush's 2004 campaign
$18 million NRA contributions to Congressional candidates in the last four election cycles
$40 million NRA promised contributions to John McCain's 2008 Presidential campaign
$34 billion Annual US medical and productivity costs of gun injuries and deaths
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-rosenthal/us-gun-violence-by-the-nu_b_139879.html
Loudly
(2,436 posts)DainBramaged
(39,191 posts)it's absurd that the gun lobby washes it's hands of the violence as collateral damage.
Rex
(65,616 posts)they have their agenda and dam be those that die from bullet holes and the corpses the gun lobby has to walk over. They pedal death and it appears people like it.
Loudly
(2,436 posts)Surely everyone can agree on *this* at least.
If we must accept that bullets can enter our body at any time at the whim of another through no fault of our own.
madinmaryland
(64,934 posts)DainBramaged
(39,191 posts)Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)Notice how there are no gun "enthusisasts" posting on this thread. The truth is hard to face.
DainBramaged
(39,191 posts)what do we say, when facts get in the way of fiction.....