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Statistics
• In 2004, guns killed 29,569 people in the United States, including 649 unintentional deaths, 16,750 suicides and 11,624 homicides. A further 64,389 people were seriously injured by guns.[1]
• Guns are the second leading cause of injury death in Ohio and in the United States as a whole.[1]
• In 2004, there were 1,036 firearm deaths in Ohio (more than a 10% increase on the previous year), including 20 unintentional deaths, 657 suicides and 340 homicides.[1]
• In a population of 300 million people, there were an estimated 200 million guns in America in 2003.[2]
• 2/3 of those guns are long guns, 1/3 are handguns, and yet...[2]
• Handguns are used in 3/4 of firearm deaths.[2]
• Less than 8% of people killed by guns are killed in felony crimes; most are shot by someone they know or are suicides.[3]
• Nearly 1.7 million children, under the age of 18, live in homes with firearms that are both loaded and unlocked in the United States.[4]
• Over 40% of American households with children have guns.[5]
• On average, 45 children and teens are shot every day in America.[1]
Visit the Youth Violence Statistics page
Sources: [1] US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, [2] Consumer Federation of America, [3] Violence Policy Center report from FBI Uniform Crime Reports, [4]Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Findings From the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2002, published 2005, [5]Peter Hart Research Associates Poll, 1999, American Journal of Public Health, April 2000
Government Sites
• Alcohol, Tobacco,
and Firearms
• Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System web site
• CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
• US Congress
• Ohio Legislature
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National
Groups
• Alliance for Justice
• Americans
for Gun Safety
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• Children's
Defense Fund
• Coalition to Stop Gun
Violence/Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence
• Consumer
Federation of America
• The Brady Campaign
To Prevent Gun Violence
• Handgun-Free
America
• HELP
Network
• Legal
Community Against Violence - Firearms Law
Center
• Million
Mom March
• National
Crime Prevention Council
• PAX
• Physicians for Social Responsibility
• Second Amendment Research Center
• Student Pledge Against
Gun Violence
• Violence Policy Center
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State
Organizations
(To contact states not listed here: www.supgv.org)
Arizona
- Citizens of Arizona
to Prevent Gun Violence
California
- Women Against Gun Violence
Connecticut
- Connecticut Coalition Against
Gun Violence
Illinois
- Illinois Council Against Gun
Violence
Iowa
- Iowans for the Prevention
of Gun Violence
Maryland
- Marylanders Against Handgun
Abuse
Massachusetts
- Stop Handgun
Violence
Michigan
- Michigan Partnership to Prevent
Gun Violence
New York
- New Yorkers Against Gun Violence
North Carolina
- North Carolinians Against Gun
Violence
Oregon
- Ceasefire Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvanians Against Handgun
Violence
Utah
- Gun Violence Prevention Center
of Utah
Virginia
- Virginians Against Handgun
Violence
Washington
- Washington Ceasefire
(To contact states not listed here: www.supgv.org)
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