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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.

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THE US HAS THE 28TH HIGHEST GUN RELATED

HOMICIDE RATE IN THE WORLD (3.2 DEATHS PER

100,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY).

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ACCORDING TO THE FBI THERE WERE 8,855

MURDERS IN THE US IN 2012

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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)

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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.

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

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RUSSIAN ASTRONAUTS TAKE GUNS INTO SPACE TO

PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST BEARS JUST IN

CASE THEY HAVE TO DIVERT THEIR LANDING

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

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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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