Handgun Safety

THERE ARE TOO MANY VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE

As a nation, we are better than this.

IN ONE YEAR ON AVERAGE* (all ages)

Over 108,000 (108,476) people in America are shot in murders, assaults, suicides & suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, or by police intervention.

32,514 people die from gun violence:

11,294 people are murdered.
19,992 people kill themselves.
561 people are killed unintentionally.
414 are killed by police intervention.
254 die but intent is not known.

75,962 people survive gun injuries:

55,009 people are injured in an attack.
3,791 people survive a suicide attempt.
16,334 people are shot unintentionally.
827 people are shot by police intervention.

IN ONE YEAR ON AVERAGE* (ages 0-19)

Over 17,000 (17,499) American children and teens are shot in murders, assaults, suicides & suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, or by police intervention.

2,677 kids die from gun violence:

1,671 children and teens are murdered.
827 children and teens kill themselves.
124 children and teens killed unintentionally.
24 are killed by police intervention.
30 die but the intent was unknown.

14,822 kids survive gun injuries:

11,420 are injured in an attack.
280 survive a suicide attempt.**
3,061 are shot unintentionally.
62 are shot in a police intervention.**

EVERY DAY ON AVERAGE* (all ages)

Every day, 297 people in America are shot in murders, assaults, suicides & suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, and police intervention.
Every day, 89 people die from gun violence: 31 are murdered; 55 kill themselves; 2 are killed unintentionally; 1 is killed by police intervention; 1 intent unknown.
Every day, 208 are shot and survive: 151 shot in an assault; 10 survive a suicide attempt; 45 are shot unintentionally, 2 are shot in a police intervention.

EVERY DAY ON AVERAGE* (ages 0-19)

Every day, 48 children and teens are shot in murders, assaults, suicides & suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, and police intervention.
Every day, 7 children and teens die from gun violence: 5 are murdered; 2 kill themselves.
Every day, 41 children and teens are shot and survive: 31 shot in an assault; 1 survives a suicide attempt; 8 are shot unintentionally.

This information was provided by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. The Brady Campaign averaged the most recent five years of complete data (2009-2013) from death certificates and estimates of emergency room admissions available via CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control’s Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System, www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/. Data retrieved 1.22.15. Numbers may not sum to 100% because of rounding. **Estimate may be unstable.

A complete copy of these figures is pubished at: http://www.bradycampaign.org/sites/default/files/Gun-Death-Injury-Stat-Sheet-5-Year-Average-2013-Updates-Jan-2015.pdf