$2.0B
Gun violence costs the District of Columbia $2.0 billion each year.
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, “EveryStat: District of Columbia,” https://everystat.org/#DistrictofColumbia.
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88M
An estimated 88 million guns were sold in the United States from 2020 to 2024—a 24 percent increase compared to the previous five years.
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3,400
More than 3,400 young people die by firearm suicide each year.
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11M
As of 2024, more than 11 million students in the US live in a school district requiring schools to educate parents about secure gun storage.
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$11b
The 700 gun homicides every year attributable to Shoot First laws cost nearly $11 billion, with taxpayers bearing $500 million of that directly.
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