12 Gun Stats that may help inform your opinion

100
Number of people killed by guns in the U.S., every day

12
Number of children who die every day from gun violence in the U.S.

950
School shootings since Sandy Hook, including 27 school shootings so far this year.

18 to 21
Peak ages for violent offending with firearms

8 million
Number of AR-15s and its variations in circulation

9 in 10
Number of people who will die after attempting suicide with a gun

98
Percentage of mass shooters who are men

89
Percentage of gun owners who favor preventing the "mentally ill" from purchasing guns

77
Percentage of gun owners who favor background checks at private sales and gun shows

54
Percentage of gun deaths that are suicides; 43% are murders

79
Percentage of murders that involved a firearm

1
Percentage of people who defended themselves with their guns in violent crimes

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/27/1101774780/gun-control-debate-statistics

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redredred · M

13 school shooting since 1966, not 27 this year.

https://reason.com/2022/05/26/uvalde-texas-mass-shooting-statistics-gun-crimes-misleading/

Changeisgonnacome · 61-69, F

@redredred no. There was one at our highschool in town, Pilchuck, one at HHS, the one where I went years ago, two at the college down the street, Newton Mass, where I was that day....
How can you?????

redredred · M

@Changeisgonnacome did you read the article?

Roadsterrider · 56-60, M

@redredred It is too much trouble to read an article when CNN tells me everything I need to know.

OggggO · 36-40, M

@redredred Hey, maybe read your own damn source:

[quote]Uvalde was a mass school shooting; the 26 previous tragedies at schools this year were not.

The difference is significant. Education Week, which tracks all school shootings, defines them as incidents in which a person other than the suspect suffers a bullet wound on school property. Many of the 26 previous shootings involved disputes between students in parking lots, or after athletic events, and all of them resulted in one or zero deaths.[/quote]

There have in fact been 27 school shootings this year.

ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP

@redredred [c=800000]That sounds more accurate. If there were as many as they are claiming, the politicians would have the National Guard on duty at every school in America. [/c]