School Shootings and General Gun Statistics in the United States
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There have been 22 fatal K-12 school shootings in the US since 1990 in which two or more people were killed, not counting suicide by the perpetrator.
Source: USA Today
"Over the past quarter-century, on average about 10 students are slain in school shootings annually."
There have been 306 gun-related incidents at schools in the US since 2013 (over 60 per year).
Source: Everytown Research
There have been 32 fatal K-12 school shootings in the US since 1998, resulting in 131 total deaths.
Source: CNN News
The 32 shootings do not include isolated suicides, gang-related incidents, or deaths resulting from interpersonal conflicts.
Gun Rights vs. Gun Control in Congress, 2016
Source: OpenSecrets
Gun Control
Money to Congress by Party
Democrats: $1,679,777
Republicans: $29,063
Others: $4,000
Gun Rights
Money to Congress by Party
Democrats: $106,191
Republicans: $5,604,329
Others: $7,365
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There are an estimated 300 million guns in the United States
Source: BBC News
These guns are held by about one-third of the population.
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"There are nearly enough guns for every man, woman, and child in the country."
Source: CBC News
Between 1968 and 2011, more Americans were killed by guns in the US than were killed in every US conflict since the Revolutionary War.
Source: BBC News
Domestic US deaths from firearms between 1968-2011: 1.4 million
US deaths in every military conflict from the Revolutionary War to the War in Iraq: 1.2 million
The number of gun murders per capita in the US in 2012 was nearly 30 times that in the UK.
Source: BBC News
Gun Murders per Capita in 2012:
US - 2.9 per 100,000
UK - 0.1 per 100,000
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Percent of Total Murders by Firearm in 2012:
US - 60%
Canada - 31%
Australia - 18.2%
UK - 10%
The US spends more than $1 trillion per year defending itself against terrorism.
Source: BBC News
"Terrorism kills a tiny fraction of the number of people killed by ordinary gun crime."
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Average yearly deaths in the US (2001-2011) from gun violence: 11,101
Average yearly deaths in the US (2001-2011) from terrorism: 517*
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*Excluding the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01, there were only 17 terrorism-related deaths per year during that time frame.
