U.S. Gun Usage & Death Statistics

U.S. Gun Usage & Death Statistics TOP 10 KILLERS *EXCLUDING NATURAL DEATH APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILLION 48% PEOPLE DIE EVERY YEAR IN THE U.S. 1% TOBACCO GUN HOMICIDES 1.5% NON-GUN HOMICIDES 17% MEDICAL ERROR 10% 2% UNINTENTIONAL FALLS 2% 9% ALCOHOL ABUSE UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES DRUG ABUSE 3% *SOURCES BELOW.I 3% ACCIDENTAL POISONING VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS FOR EVERY 1 ACCIDENTAL GUN DEATH IN THE U.S. THERE ARE. ANNUAL MURDERS BY: *SOURCES BELOW.IV 2011 DATA "SOURCES BELOW. V 5 TIMES MORE DEATHS FISTS AND HANDS BY FIRE HAMMERS AND ÇLUBS RIFLES 5 TIMES MORE DEATHS BY DROWNING 17 TIMES MORE DEATHS BY FALLING 646 HANDS FISTS 496 17 TIMES MORE DEATHS HAMMERS 323 CLUBS BY POISONING RIFLES AND 68 TIMES MORE DEATHS 90% OF VIOLENT CRIMES BY CAR ACCIDENT IN THE U.S. DON'T INVOLVE GUNS. MASS SHOOTINGS *SOURCES BELOW.I SINCE 1982: 543 DEATHS IN MASS SHOOTINGS 564,452 DEATHS IN HOMICIDES 41 GUN OWNERSHIP & VIOLENT GUN-RELATED CRIMES OVER TIME *SOURCES BELOW. VI 200 MILLION 1.3 MILLION 300 MILLION 350,000 1994 2011 # OF PRIVATELY-OWNED THE LOWER HOMICIDE RATE IS NATIONAL - ACROSS STATES, GEOGRAPHY, RURAL AND URBAN AREAS, ETC. LEGAL GUNS 50% GUN-RELATED 73% CRIME U.S. RANKS #1 IN NUMBER OF GUNS OWNED, BUT ONLY #103 IN GUN HOMICIDE RATE CITIZENS OWN GUNS 43%- OF LAWMAKERS OWN GUNS ------------- *SOURCES BELOW. IX FEMALE GUN USAGE *SOURCES BELOW. V 200,000 WOMEN 15% OF AMERICAN WOMEN OWN GUNS. 17 MILLION USE A GUN TO PREVENT SEXUAL ABUSE EACH YEAR NORTH AMERICAN HUnter 'HTTP://LOGISTICSMONSTER.COM/2012/12/18/-DO-NOT-CONSENT/GUN-CONTROL-STATS/ "HTTP://THEWEEK.COM/ARTICLE/INDEX/239174/WHY+-OWN-GUNS "HTTP://WwW.JUSTFACTS.COM/GUNCONTROL.ASP#GENERAL "HTTP://GUNOWNERS.ORG/FS0404.HTM "HTTP://WwW.BREITBART.COM/BIG-GOVERNMENT/2013/OV03/FBH-MORE-PEOPLE-KILLED-WITH-HAMMERS-AND-CLUBS-EACH-YEAR-THAN-WITH-RIFLES "HTTP://BUCKEYEFIREARMSFOUNDATION.ORG/PUBLICFILES/GUNFACTS BFA.PDF V"HOMICIDE STATISTICS 2012." UNODC. "DOMENECH, BENJAMIN. "THE TRUTH ABOUT MASS SHOOTINGS AND GUN CONTROL.". COMMENTARY 135.2 (2013): 25-29. ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER. WEB. 6 MAR. 2013. IKPAUL, SINGER, KORTE GREGORY, AND TODAY USA. "WHO OWNS GUNS IN CONGRESS." USA TODAY N.D.: ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER. WEB. 6 MAR. 2013. MASS SHOOTINGS HOMICIDES rf{uFf