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Figure 2. Direct costs of gun violence

Analysis by Ted R. Miller, Kathryn Schnippel Bistline, PIRE, and Everytown in 2019 dollars, based on 2019 nonfatal gun injuries and 2019 gun deaths.

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Every day, nearly 130 people in the United States are killed with guns, twice as many are shot and wounded, and countless others are impacted by acts of gun violence.

Everytown Research analysis of CDC, WONDER, Provisional Mortality Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death, 2020–2024; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project nonfatal firearm injury data, 2020; and SurveyUSA, Market Research Study #26602, 2022.

Last updated: 1.15.2026