America has a gun violence problem. What do we do about it?
Key facts about Americans and guns
Gun Violence Statistics in the United States in Charts and Graphs
These 14 Facts Are Crucial to Understanding Gun Violence in America
America’s unique gun violence problem, explained in 17 maps and charts
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What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S.
About eight-in-ten U.S. murders in 2021 - 20,958 out of 26,031, or 81% - involved a firearm. That marked the highest percentage since at least 1968, the earliest year for which the CDC has online records. More than half of all suicides in 2021 - 26,328 out of 48,183, or 55% - also involved a gun, the highest percentage since 2001.
Firearm Violence in the United States
Firearm violence is a preventable public health tragedy affecting communities across the United States. In 2022, 48,117 people died by firearms in the United States — an average of one death every 11 minutes.. Over 26,993 people died by firearm suicide, 19,592 died by firearm homicide, 472 died by unintentional gun injury, and an estimated 649 were fatally shot by law enforcement.
Fast Facts: Firearm Injury and Death
Some groups have higher rates of firearm injury than others. Men account for 86% of all victims of firearm death and 87% of firearm injuries. 1 2. Rates of firearm violence vary by age, race, and ethnicity. Firearm homicide rates are highest among: 1. Teens and young adults ages 15-34.
Gun Violence in America
The rate of gun violence in America is staggering: The US gun homicide rate is 26 times that of other high-income countries. 9. Access to a gun doubles the risk of death by homicide. 10. Gun homicides are concentrated in cities. An Everytown Research analysis of FBI crime data from over 500 cities 11 found that in 2022, half of the gun ...
Key facts about Americans and guns
About half of Americans (49%) see gun violence as a major problem, according to a May 2024 survey. This is down from 60% in June 2023, but roughly on par with views in previous years. In the more recent survey, 27% say gun violence is a moderately big problem, and about a quarter say it is either a small problem (19%) or not a problem at all (4%).
Gun Violence and Gun Policy in the United States: Understanding
This ANNALS volume is a collection of new scholarly articles that address the current state of America's gun ownership, how it came to be, the distinct frames that scholars use to understand gun violence, and potential solutions to the social problems it creates. We offer up-to-date research that examines what works and what does not. From this, we suggest ways forward for research, policy ...
Why gun violence research was quashed and how it's gaining new momentum
Gun violence has exploded across the U.S. in recent years — from mass shootings at concerts and supermarkets to school fights settled with a bullet after the last bell. Nearly every day of 2024 ...
Gun Violence Widely Viewed as a Major
The new survey, conducted June 5-11, 2023, among 5,115 members of Pew Research Center's nationally representative American Trends Panel, also finds: A majority of Americans (58%) say gun laws in the country should be stricter; 26% say they are about right, while just 15% say they should be less strict. Support for stricter gun laws has ticked ...
Gun Violence in the United States
Gun Violence in the United States. The United States has experienced an unprecedented surge in homicides — the vast majority of which involve firearms. Mass shootings, however they are defined ...
Gun violence research is surging to inform solutions to a devastating
The COVID-19 pandemic has perhaps been the defining event worldwide in the 21st century, impacting all people and all facets of life. The consequences of the pandemic have been devastating for gun violence in the United States (US), with the firearm homicide rate increasing nearly 35% after the start of the pandemic, widening already existing racial, ethnic, and economic disparities; Overall ...
Mass shootings and gun violence in the United States are increasing
In 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health awarded a combined $25 million in grants for research on gun violence prevention, ending a 25 ...
Gun Policy Research Review
Gun Policy Research Review. Using the best available scientific evidence, we systematically reviewed broad classes of gun policies to understand how they affect different outcomes in the United States. We categorized the evidence for each study we reviewed as inconclusive, limited, moderate, or supportive.
Center for Gun Violence Solutions
Center for Gun Violence Solutions. We address gun violence as a public health emergency and utilize objective, non-partisan research to develop solutions which inform, fuel and propel advocacy to measurably lower gun violence. The Center applies our unique blend of research and advocacy to advance five priority evidence-based gun violence ...
Gun Violence: Prediction, Prevention, and Policy
Gun violence is an urgent, complex, and multifaceted problem. It requires evidence-based, multifaceted solutions. Psychology can make important contributions to policies that prevent gun violence. Toward this end, in February 2013 the American Psychological Association commissioned this report by a panel of experts to convey research-based ...
Understanding American Gun Violence Part 1: The evolution of America's
According to The Violence Project, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center dedicated to violence prevention and intervention in America, 47 of the 147 instances of gun violence they studied were perpetrated by young men between the ages of 11-24. But when age is taken out of the equation, a startling picture emerges: 143 of the 147 instances ...
What Science Tells Us About the Effects of Gun Policies
As part of the RAND Gun Policy in America initiative, we conducted rigorous and transparent reviews of what current scientific knowledge could tell the public and policymakers about the true effects of many gun policies that are frequently discussed in state legislatures. ... Alcorn, Ted, "Trends in Research Publications About Gun Violence in ...
The CDC Wants To Study The True Toll Of Guns In America : NPR
After 25 Years In The Dark, The CDC Wants To Study The True Toll Of Guns In America. The conversation around gun violence in the U.S. usually focuses on homicides and mass shootings, and there is ...
When the Shooting Stops: The Impact of Gun Violence on Survivors in America
America's gun death rate—which is 13 times higher than that of other high-income countries—makes us a global outlier. 6 Everytown analysis of the most recent year of gun deaths by country (2015 to 2019), GunPolicy.org (accessed January 7, 2022). Every year, more than 44,000 Americans are killed in acts of gun violence, and nearly 97,000 more are shot and wounded.
Department of Justice
On June 7, 2021, the Department of Justice announced it had published model legislation to help states craft their own "extreme risk protection order" laws. Research has shown that states can save lives by authorizing courts to issue extreme risk protection orders that temporarily prevent a person in crisis from accessing firearms.
Gun Policy
Growing shares of Americans view both gun violence and violent crime as very big national problems. 49% of U.S. adults say gun ownership increases safety by allowing law-abiding citizens to protect themselves; an identical share says it reduces safety by giving too many people access to firearms and increasing misuse.
Growing view of gun violence as an epidemic may help U.S. limit it
There were 14.6 gun deaths per 100,000 people in 2021, which is the highest rate since the early 1990s, and just below the historic peak of 16.3 deaths per 100,000 people in 1974, according to Pew ...
Addressing the root causes of gun violence with American ...
In June 2022, the most significant piece of gun violence prevention legislation in decades, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, became law.Alongside several common-sense gun regulations, the law ...
What happens when everyone decides they need a gun?
A group attends Mike Brown's concealed carry class on the South Side of Chicago in April. The class, and Chicago, are emblematic of the diverse new face of gun ownership in America: In the first ...
Class Sheds Light on Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue
Anchoring the course was a review of structural racism in America and how specific policies, such as redlining, dehumanizing policing, and environmental injustices, create the social, spatial and institutional conditions for gun violence. ... "The class was an amazing opportunity to learn of the cutting edge research within the gun violence ...
Gun Violence in Black Communities
Gun violence touches every community and every racial group in the United States, but none more so than Black communities. In fact, Black Americans die from gun violence at 2.6 times the rate of white Americans. 7 On average, nearly 12,700 Black people die from gun violence each year. 8 In 2021 alone, 15,290 Black people were killed by gun violence—the highest number on record. 9
Gun violence among top issues in DNC Platform
The Major Cities Police Association's Violent Crime Survey found double-digit declines in homicide across nearly 70 of America's largest cities in 2023 compared to 2022. But the numbers are still ...
A Physician's Battle Against America's Gun Epidemic
Dr. Cedric Dark's experiences with America's gun violence crisis began not in the trauma bay, but with a personal tragedy—his cousin Robbie's senseless death. An emergency room doctor and gun owner, Dr. Dark was moved to action when the NRA suggested that physicians stay out of the gun violence debate.
Awareness to Action: Firearm Injury Prevention and Policy
Each firearm injury statistic represents a person with a unique story. By empowering young people to advocate for new legislation and encouraging gun owners to use secure storage community members can better engage in firearm injury prevention. This new brief from the Center for Health and Biosciences offers more insights and policy recommendations.
Amid a Series of Mass Shootings in the U.S., Gun ...
The new national survey by Pew Research Center, conducted from April 5-11, 2021 among 5,109 adults, finds that 73% of Democrats consider gun violence to be a very big problem for the country today, compared with just 18% of Republicans who say the same.
Study finds gun violence in rural America rises as deer hunting season
Across rural America, the increased presence of loaded guns in homes and vehicles could lead to a spike in gun injuries and homicides at the start of every deer hunting season, a new study warns ...
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About eight-in-ten U.S. murders in 2021 - 20,958 out of 26,031, or 81% - involved a firearm. That marked the highest percentage since at least 1968, the earliest year for which the CDC has online records. More than half of all suicides in 2021 - 26,328 out of 48,183, or 55% - also involved a gun, the highest percentage since 2001.
Firearm violence is a preventable public health tragedy affecting communities across the United States. In 2022, 48,117 people died by firearms in the United States — an average of one death every 11 minutes.. Over 26,993 people died by firearm suicide, 19,592 died by firearm homicide, 472 died by unintentional gun injury, and an estimated 649 were fatally shot by law enforcement.
Some groups have higher rates of firearm injury than others. Men account for 86% of all victims of firearm death and 87% of firearm injuries. 1 2. Rates of firearm violence vary by age, race, and ethnicity. Firearm homicide rates are highest among: 1. Teens and young adults ages 15-34.
The rate of gun violence in America is staggering: The US gun homicide rate is 26 times that of other high-income countries. 9. Access to a gun doubles the risk of death by homicide. 10. Gun homicides are concentrated in cities. An Everytown Research analysis of FBI crime data from over 500 cities 11 found that in 2022, half of the gun ...
About half of Americans (49%) see gun violence as a major problem, according to a May 2024 survey. This is down from 60% in June 2023, but roughly on par with views in previous years. In the more recent survey, 27% say gun violence is a moderately big problem, and about a quarter say it is either a small problem (19%) or not a problem at all (4%).
This ANNALS volume is a collection of new scholarly articles that address the current state of America's gun ownership, how it came to be, the distinct frames that scholars use to understand gun violence, and potential solutions to the social problems it creates. We offer up-to-date research that examines what works and what does not. From this, we suggest ways forward for research, policy ...
Gun violence has exploded across the U.S. in recent years — from mass shootings at concerts and supermarkets to school fights settled with a bullet after the last bell. Nearly every day of 2024 ...
The new survey, conducted June 5-11, 2023, among 5,115 members of Pew Research Center's nationally representative American Trends Panel, also finds: A majority of Americans (58%) say gun laws in the country should be stricter; 26% say they are about right, while just 15% say they should be less strict. Support for stricter gun laws has ticked ...
Gun Violence in the United States. The United States has experienced an unprecedented surge in homicides — the vast majority of which involve firearms. Mass shootings, however they are defined ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has perhaps been the defining event worldwide in the 21st century, impacting all people and all facets of life. The consequences of the pandemic have been devastating for gun violence in the United States (US), with the firearm homicide rate increasing nearly 35% after the start of the pandemic, widening already existing racial, ethnic, and economic disparities; Overall ...
In 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health awarded a combined $25 million in grants for research on gun violence prevention, ending a 25 ...
Gun Policy Research Review. Using the best available scientific evidence, we systematically reviewed broad classes of gun policies to understand how they affect different outcomes in the United States. We categorized the evidence for each study we reviewed as inconclusive, limited, moderate, or supportive.
Center for Gun Violence Solutions. We address gun violence as a public health emergency and utilize objective, non-partisan research to develop solutions which inform, fuel and propel advocacy to measurably lower gun violence. The Center applies our unique blend of research and advocacy to advance five priority evidence-based gun violence ...
Gun violence is an urgent, complex, and multifaceted problem. It requires evidence-based, multifaceted solutions. Psychology can make important contributions to policies that prevent gun violence. Toward this end, in February 2013 the American Psychological Association commissioned this report by a panel of experts to convey research-based ...
According to The Violence Project, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center dedicated to violence prevention and intervention in America, 47 of the 147 instances of gun violence they studied were perpetrated by young men between the ages of 11-24. But when age is taken out of the equation, a startling picture emerges: 143 of the 147 instances ...
As part of the RAND Gun Policy in America initiative, we conducted rigorous and transparent reviews of what current scientific knowledge could tell the public and policymakers about the true effects of many gun policies that are frequently discussed in state legislatures. ... Alcorn, Ted, "Trends in Research Publications About Gun Violence in ...
After 25 Years In The Dark, The CDC Wants To Study The True Toll Of Guns In America. The conversation around gun violence in the U.S. usually focuses on homicides and mass shootings, and there is ...
America's gun death rate—which is 13 times higher than that of other high-income countries—makes us a global outlier. 6 Everytown analysis of the most recent year of gun deaths by country (2015 to 2019), GunPolicy.org (accessed January 7, 2022). Every year, more than 44,000 Americans are killed in acts of gun violence, and nearly 97,000 more are shot and wounded.
On June 7, 2021, the Department of Justice announced it had published model legislation to help states craft their own "extreme risk protection order" laws. Research has shown that states can save lives by authorizing courts to issue extreme risk protection orders that temporarily prevent a person in crisis from accessing firearms.
Growing shares of Americans view both gun violence and violent crime as very big national problems. 49% of U.S. adults say gun ownership increases safety by allowing law-abiding citizens to protect themselves; an identical share says it reduces safety by giving too many people access to firearms and increasing misuse.
There were 14.6 gun deaths per 100,000 people in 2021, which is the highest rate since the early 1990s, and just below the historic peak of 16.3 deaths per 100,000 people in 1974, according to Pew ...
In June 2022, the most significant piece of gun violence prevention legislation in decades, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, became law.Alongside several common-sense gun regulations, the law ...
A group attends Mike Brown's concealed carry class on the South Side of Chicago in April. The class, and Chicago, are emblematic of the diverse new face of gun ownership in America: In the first ...
Anchoring the course was a review of structural racism in America and how specific policies, such as redlining, dehumanizing policing, and environmental injustices, create the social, spatial and institutional conditions for gun violence. ... "The class was an amazing opportunity to learn of the cutting edge research within the gun violence ...
Gun violence touches every community and every racial group in the United States, but none more so than Black communities. In fact, Black Americans die from gun violence at 2.6 times the rate of white Americans. 7 On average, nearly 12,700 Black people die from gun violence each year. 8 In 2021 alone, 15,290 Black people were killed by gun violence—the highest number on record. 9
The Major Cities Police Association's Violent Crime Survey found double-digit declines in homicide across nearly 70 of America's largest cities in 2023 compared to 2022. But the numbers are still ...
Dr. Cedric Dark's experiences with America's gun violence crisis began not in the trauma bay, but with a personal tragedy—his cousin Robbie's senseless death. An emergency room doctor and gun owner, Dr. Dark was moved to action when the NRA suggested that physicians stay out of the gun violence debate.
Each firearm injury statistic represents a person with a unique story. By empowering young people to advocate for new legislation and encouraging gun owners to use secure storage community members can better engage in firearm injury prevention. This new brief from the Center for Health and Biosciences offers more insights and policy recommendations.
The new national survey by Pew Research Center, conducted from April 5-11, 2021 among 5,109 adults, finds that 73% of Democrats consider gun violence to be a very big problem for the country today, compared with just 18% of Republicans who say the same.
Across rural America, the increased presence of loaded guns in homes and vehicles could lead to a spike in gun injuries and homicides at the start of every deer hunting season, a new study warns ...