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Women in the U.S. are 28 times more likely to be killed by guns than women in 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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73M
An estimated 73 million guns were sold in the US from 2020 to 2023—a 29 percent increase compared to the previous four years.
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The rate of firearm suicide among young people has increased 44 percent in the past decade.
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3,400
Nearly 3,400 young people die by firearm suicide each year.
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18 hours
In 2023, someone was shot and wounded or killed in a road rage incident on average every 18 hours.
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