Last week's mass shooting during the Super Bowl parade in Kansas City was yet another reminder that despite claims that more guns make us safer, the reality is that the opposite is true.
Two juveniles were charged in this case. Two people were killed and 22 injured in the incident, more than half of whom were children.. In response, the medical nonprofit organization updated its fact sheet to show that gun violence in the United States is rapidly increasing and is causing significant harm in many ways.
Number of guns manufactured in America more than doubled The number increased from 5.5 in 2010 to 11 million in 2020. Over the same period, gun deaths increased by 43%. According to statistics from the Pew Research Center, which participated in the survey. Edited fact sheet By the National Institute for Health Care Management.
In Ohio, the trend is even more pronounced. According to gun safety group Everytown, gun deaths increased by 52% between 2012 and 2021.
The number of guns floating around appears to play a role in more than just coincidence in these deaths.
Of the 43,000 gun deaths last year, more than half (56%) were suicides. But Pugh said more than half of those crimes are committed with a gun, and that percentage increases as people get older. Meanwhile, 81% of the 21,000 murders that occurred nationwide in 2021 involved guns. Pew reported.
Gun deaths in the United States The number of deaths has already exceeded that of car accidents. Gun deaths also became the leading cause of death for Americans under 19 in 2020, the fact sheet states. He added that the lack of action on gun control by lawmakers has something to do with it.
The NIHCM fact sheet states, “In response to the number of deaths and injuries caused by motor vehicle accidents, a number of legislative actions have been taken to improve long-term automobile and motor vehicle safety.” ing. “Since 1994, until recently, there has been no broad-based federal law addressing gun violence.”
For every person shot and killed in the United States, two survive. That's definitely good news for those people and their families, but it also comes with huge costs. The NIHCM fact sheet states that for gunshot victims, especially children and adolescents, being shot can lead to months of pain and long-term problems such as mental health and substance abuse. ing.
Attempts have been made to quantify the costs of gun violence in the United States.Cited fact sheet article The Journal of the American Medical Association has aggregated 2022 estimates for everything from medical costs to criminal justice costs to the quality of life costs of gun violence. Total amount: $557 billion, the article states.
And for emerging generations, the rise in gun violence comes at the expense of something else: a sense of security.
At least 1,165 shootings have occurred on school grounds since 2013, according to the fact sheet. That number jumped from 51 in 2013 to 202 in 2021, but fell to 137 last year.
The highest number of cases occurred in states with deep-rooted gun cultures.
“Overall, shootings on school grounds have increased since 2013,” the fact sheet states. “Texas had the highest number of school shootings in the nation during this period, with 65 people killed and 88 injured.”
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