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To learn the facts about specific gun violence topics, click on the images above or on these topics: Gun Violence (overview), Crime, Suicide, Unintentional, Populations, Cost, Guns in America, Gun Trafficking, and Guns at Home.

To learn the facts on common sense gun laws, visit Legislation.

 

Map of High Profile Gun Violence

The graphic above shows the composite estimated average number of people shot or killed in the United States in one year and every day. 

The "live" counter on the top right corner of our home page is based on these numbers.  You will notice that the live counter will go up as you browse or come back to the site.

At midnight EST, the number will reach its highest value and then reset for the next day.
Test Your Knowledge

Did you know? Seventy percent of Americans mistakenly believe that the United States already has a system of licensing and registration for guns.

In fact, the U.S. doesn't even require a background check every time a gun is sold and allows the sale of assault clips holding more than 10 bullets. This makes it easy for dangerous people to get their hands on lethal firepower.

Test your knowledge with our Gun Law IQ Test. What you learn may surprise you.

"Arm" yourself with knowledge on our website. You can learn facts about gun violence, gun ownership, laws on the books, and most important, which laws we need to protect public safety and health.

 

 

Map of High Profile Gun Violence

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God Bless America

In one year, guns murdered 17 people in Finland, 35 in Australia, 39 in England and Wales, 60 in Spain, 194 in Germany, 200 in Canada, and 9,484 in the United States.

The United States is an outlier, in part, because our gun laws are woefully inadequate.

The United States remains an outlier when you control for population.  To see gun murders by population and to read academic research supporting the poster, click here.

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God Bless America

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