Dear MEL Topic Readers,
U.S. gun violence: The story in charts and graphs
Very contradictory. The more people become victims of gun violence, the
more guns are sold.
As is well known, Americans own more guns than any other country in the
world, 270 million guns are owned by civilians, not counting the ones owned by
the 1.4 million military service men and women. This staggeringly high number
represents nearly 90% of the total population, or 88 guns per 100 citizens, the
highest per capita gun ownership in the world.
But the more serious problem seems to lie in people’s mind. The sales
of guns are on the rise.
Mass shootings seem to have made people worry about their own safety.
While some politicians, most notably the President, try to curb gun sales,
people are buying more guns to protect themselves.
Another surprising figures are the number of people who were murdered
by guns that far surpass the number of people who were killed by terrorists for
the last 12 years even with the 9.11 attack that killed nearly 3,000 people.
Learn how guns are sold and used for fatal crimes in the USA.
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