Numbers

From articles in Vox and The Guardian  

• 1,516 mass shootings in 1,735 days
• Americans own an estimated 265,000,000 guns, more than one gun for every adult. 
• Data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive reveals a shocking human toll: there is a mass shooting – defined as four or more people shot in one incident, not including the shooter – every nine out of 10 days on average.
• America has 4.4 percent of the world’s population, but almost half of the civilian-owned guns around the world
• On average, there is more than one mass shooting for each day in America
• States with more guns have more gun deaths
• Most gun deaths are suicides
• The states with the most guns report the most suicides