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The US gun death rate is 13 times that of other high-income countries.
Everytown analysis of the most recent year of gun deaths by country (2015 to 2019), GunPolicy.org (accessed January 7, 2022).
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31 percent
There were at least 144 incidents of gunfire on school grounds in the 2023-2024 school year, a 31 percent increase from the prior school year.
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$838M
Taxpayer savings from reduced gun violence through the first six months of 2024.
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-14%
Assault-related gun deaths and injuries dropped 14 percent in the first six months of 2024.
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54%
In a 2022 survey of nearly 1,000 US teachers, 54 percent expressed the belief that allowing teachers to carry firearms for school security would decrease overall safety.
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