Current Events > Gun Violence: By the numbers

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Main points:

40,000 people per year die in a gun related incident. Note - not just crimes, but all incidents period, including justified and police related shootings.

40k people out of 327 million = 0.01%

Of those gun deaths, 29,250 are suicides.
Law enforcement shootings: 1,612
Negligent discharge: 274
Murders: 8,863

On average, 25% of all gun murders occur in 4 cities - Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit, Washington D.C.
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only cops should have guns
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