FACTS ABOUT GUNS AND GETTING SHOT
Added on: 18th Apr 2016
THE UNITED STATES LEADS THE WORLD IN GUN
OWNERSHIP WITH 88 GUNS PER 100 CITIZENS.
SERBIA (69.7) , YEMEN (54.8), AND SWITZERLAND
(45.7) FOLLOW BEHIND.
THE US HAS THE 28TH HIGHEST GUN RELATED
HOMICIDE RATE IN THE WORLD (3.2 DEATHS PER
100,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY).
ACCORDING TO THE FBI THERE WERE 8,855
MURDERS IN THE US IN 2012
HOWEVER, MOST GUN RELATED DEATHS IN THE US
ARE SUICIDES. IN FACT, IN 2012 THERE WERE ABOUT
20,000 SUICIDES (COMPARED TO THE 11,000 MURDERS)
THE COMPANY DAISY OUTDOOR PRODUCTS USED TO
SELL WINDMILLS. WITH EACH WINDMILL THEY WOULD
INCLUDE A BB GUN. THE GUNS BECAME SO POPULAR
THAT THEY STOPPED SELLING WINDMILLS AND
STARTED ONLY SELLING THE BB GUNS.
PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S ASSASSIN PURCHASED A GUN
THAT HE THOUGHT WOULD LOOK GOOD IN A MUSEUM
RUSSIAN ASTRONAUTS TAKE GUNS INTO SPACE TO
PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST BEARS JUST IN
CASE THEY HAVE TO DIVERT THEIR LANDING
OVER 90% OF VIOLENT CRIMES INVOLVING GUNS ARE
COMMITTED BY MEN AND OVER 75% OF THE VICTIMS
ARE ALSO MEN
BETWEEN POLICE RESPONSE, EMERGENCY TRANSPORT,
HOSPITAL FEES, COURT FEES, AND COUNSELING, THE PRICE
OF ONE MURDER IN THE US TOTALS $441,000
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