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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Dlrannie · 31-35, F

And there will be another mass shooting shortly

TexChik · F

@Dlrannie yep, there's a lib in the whitehouse and libs love mass shootings

Dlrannie · 31-35, F

@TexChik You seem to have forgotten the mass shootings that occurred during Trumps tenure as US President.

TexChik · F

@Dlrannie nope, but they were few compared to Obama and biden. When the antigunners get into office, the bullets start flying

Dlrannie · 31-35, F

@TexChik Maybe you don’t recall the biggest mass shooting by a single gunman in US history occurred in Las Vegas during Trumps term of office - 60 dead and 800 or so injured in the ensuing panic.

beaglehunter · 70-79, M

@Dlrannie who is doing the shooting the gun or the person.if you have children and sombody broke into your home to harmor take those children you bet your butt you wish you had a gun

JonLosAngeles66 · M

@beaglehunter the stats show very few crimes are thwarted by armed citizens.

JonLosAngeles66 · M

1% of people defend themselves with their guns in violent crimes

Dlrannie · 31-35, F

@beaglehunter Fortunately I live in a country that has strict gun ownership regulations and citizens don’t have an obsession to own guns.

beaglehunter · 70-79, M

@Dlrannie well if thats so why dont you worry about your country and not my country.i bet at one time my country came to your country and protected your butt

Dlrannie · 31-35, F

@beaglehunter I’m merely commenting in regard to a question raised on the site - if you don’t like me having opinions then perhaps you should leave the site or block me.

beaglehunter · 70-79, M

@Dlrannie i do not intend to block you .you have a right to your opinions as do i.hear i have every right to own as many guns as i want.i have taken a safe hunters course and i hunt and EAT what i shoot i have a hand gun permit for all leagel reasons.was fingerprinted and a f.b.i. record check to get that.i have all but 1 locked up in a gun safe the 1 being on my person. i have never pointed it at anybody nor have i ever waisted any game i have shot and yes i am a voteing member of the N.R.A. and am proud of my country.the police can not be every place at the right time as we know and when they are some times they make a wrong dicison as we just saw in Texas.i am not trying to convince you to change your mind and you sure wont change mine.The bad part about this conversation is people blame the gun when they should blame the person and in this case also the police