Each day in America more than 80 people die from guns and another 200 are wounded but survive with injuries. This level of lethal and traumatic violence is much higher than other developed countries.
This tragedy will continue unless we adopt strong, sensible gun laws to make it harder for dangerous people to get their hands on firearms.
In this section, you can get the facts about the human cost of our weak gun laws and learn what we need to do to save lives.