- 2694 children and teens died from guns in the United States in 2010
- The U.S. has as many guns as people.
- A gun in the home Increases the risk of homocide, suicide and accidental death.
- A child or teen dies or is injured from guns every 30 minutes
- More children and teens die from guns every three days than died in the Newtown massacre.
- In the first seven years of the U.S.-Iraq War, over 4,400 Americans soldiers were killed. Almost as many civilians are killed with guns in the U.s. however, every seven weeks.
- On average, 33 gun homocides were committed each day for the years 2005-2010.
- Over 50% of all suicdes are committed witha firearm
- In 2010, unintentional firearm injuries caused the deaths of 606 people.
Ever since Australia enacted a country wide ban on firearms, deaths resulting from firearms decreased throughout the country.
Just from the sheer numbers alone, the number of deaths as a result of firearms are drastically larger than Australia. Even after enjoying a small period of low fire arm deaths, in the recent years it has been steadily on the rise.