The following statistics come from an article in the Minnesota Post: [1]
680 Americans were killed accidentally with guns each year between 2003 and 2007.
46 Americans committed suicide with guns each day between 2003 and 2007
Two-thirds of all murders between 2003 and 2007 involved guns. The average number of Americans shot and killed daily during those years was 33.Children in the U.S. get murdered with guns at a rate that is 13 times higher than that of other developed nations.
While I’m on the topic, Here are “Ten Arguments Gun Advocates Make, and Why They’re Wrong.” [2]
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