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Gun Deaths

 

 As a followup to my previous post, here are some statistics on gun deaths in the US.

IN ONE YEAR ON AVERAGE* (all ages)
Over 100,000 people in America are shot in murders, assaults, suicides & suicide attempts, accidents, or by

police intervention.
31,537 people die from gun violence:
11,583 people are murdered.
18,783 people kill themselves.
584 people are killed accidentally. 334 are killed by police intervention. 252 die but intent is not known.

71,386 people survive gun injuries:
51,249 people are injured in an attack.
3,627 people survive a suicide attempt.
15,815 people are shot accidentally.
694 people are shot by police intervention.

IN ONE YEAR ON AVERAGE* (ages 0-19)
Over 18,000 American children and teens are shot in murders, assaults, suicides & suicide attempts,

accidents, or by police intervention.
2,829 kids die from gun violence:
1,888 children and teens are murdered. 766 children and teens kill themselves.
124 children and teens killed accidentally. 18 are killed by police intervention.
34 die but the intent was unknown.  

EVERY DAY ON AVERAGE* (all ages)

15,428 kids survive gun injuries:
11,929 are injured in an attack.
254 survive a suicide attempt.**
3,164 are shot accidentally.
81 are shot in a police intervention.**

Every day, 282 people in America are shot in murders, assaults, suicides & suicide attempts, accidents, and police intervention.
Every day, 86 people die from gun violence: 32 are murdered; 51 kill themselves; 2 die accidentally; 1, intent unknown.
Every day, 196 are shot and survive: 140 shot in an assault; 10 survive a suicide attempt; 43 are shot accidentally, 2 are shot in a police intervention.

EVERY DAY ON AVERAGE* (ages 0-19)
Every day, 50 children and teens are shot in murders, assaults, suicides & suicide attempts,
accidents, and police intervention.
Every day, 8 children and teens die from gun violence: 5 are murdered; 2 kill themselves. Every day, 42 children and teens are shot and survive: 33 shot in an assault; 1 survives a suicide attempt; 9 are shot accidentally. 

The NRA's solution is more guns on the street.  Are they crazy, or what?

When CA Leads Will Others Follow?

"Several blocks long, a line of vehicles formed early Wednesday at the Sports Arena parking lot."

What?  Is there a big sporting event going on at the Sports Arena?  No.  The LA police department is having a gun buyback and LA residents are turning in their guns...voluntarily!

Maybe this is what we need.  To hell with the politicians in Washington.  They aren't going to do anything anyway.  People at the local level, people who are concerned and patriotic, need to initiate such programs country wide.  

As discussed by The Pragmatic Pundit:

"2 Wars to Spread Democracy = 6,658 Deaths; Democracy in America = 110,000 Deaths"

 Furthermore he adds,

"Add in suicides and accidental deaths as a result of hand guns and the figure nears 400,000...over 30,000 deaths a year."

And the NRA's solution is to arm more people!  Is that crazy or what?  Come on people.  Have some common sense.