$46

From 2009 to 2018, gun violence killed over 350,000 people in the U.S. but received only $46 per life lost in federal research funding.

Everytown for Gun Safety original analysis. *Funding data were accessed through FedREPORTER for the years 2009 to 2018. Mortality data for the 35 leading causes of death were accessed through Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER) Underlying Cause of Death reports for the years 2009 to 2018.

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On average, at least one gun is stolen from a car every nine minutes in the United States.

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Compared to nonparticipants, HVIP participants in Baltimore were six times less likely to be hospitalized for another violent injury two years post–program completion.

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