Sentences with phrase «deaths by guns»

Adams told the crowd, «America should not lead the globe in the number of deaths by guns.

Deaths by Alcohol: Millions Deaths by Tobacco: Millions Deaths by Prescription Drugs: Quadrupled in last decade Deaths by Guns: Millions Deaths by the food we are fed: Millions Deaths by Marijuana: 0, ever... they are killing my American family while denying freedom

Comparing deaths by swords and arrows committed by people traveling by horseback to deaths by guns and automatic weapons committed by people who could travel by cars, trucks and planes seems disingenuous at best.

That would be about 32,000 deaths by gun violence.

But then I remember Grimmie's death by gun violence this week as well.

Not exact matches

A 2013 inquest into the death of Michael «Mike» Maguire heard he was hit in the temple by a single bullet after live machine gun fire was wrongly directed inland towards the safe haven he was in.

But further analysis released by the public health agency Friday highlight two alarming trends for U.S. mortality: significant rises in gun and, especially, drug overdose deaths (with the latter driven by the ongoing opioid crisis in America).

Assaults by firearm kill about 11,000 people in the US each year, which translates to a roughly 1 - in - 370 lifetime chance of death from gun violence.

But what questions have been researched by private institutions like the Harvard Injury Control Research Center show a clear connection between gun ownership, gun availability, homicides, and violent death.

A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

This is, by far, gun violence, by far the leading cause of death for young African - American men outstripping the next nine causes of death combined.

The research, compiled by the Harvard School of Public Health's Injury Control Research Center, is pretty clear: After controlling for variables such as socioeconomic factors and other crime, places with more guns have more gun deaths.

But researchers David Hemenway and Mary Vriniotis argue that the gun buyback program very likely played a role: «First, the drop in firearm deaths was largest among the type of firearms most affected by the buyback.

It's difficult to separate these changes from long - term trends (especially since gun homicides have generally been on the decline for decades now), but a review of the evidence by RAND linked milder gun control measures, including background checks, to reduced injuries and deaths — and that means these measures likely saved lives.

In 2013, our gun - related deaths included 21,175 suicides, 11,208 homicides and 505 deaths caused by accidental discharge.

But mass shootings, we know by now, are only a small fraction of total gun deaths in the United States.

Of those 89 deaths, 64 were brought about by guns.

From a newspaper article quoted on http://guncontrol.org.nz/; «Yet, figures collected by the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council show relatively few gun - related deaths: 48 in 2003 and 55 in 2002.

Statistics show gun owners are the victims of more gun deaths — accidents, unsecured guns being accessed by chlldren, domestic violence situations and you are NOT safer with one in your home.

The NRA takes no responsibility for the deaths and injuries caused by the traffic in guns.

It is estimated that by 2015 the number of gun related deaths will exceed the number of traffic fatalities.

Mr Romero was gunned down by right - wing death squads on March 24 1980, as he celebrated mass in a hospital chapel.

Though we are tempted to hide behind barricades, guns and bombs, the stories of the martyrs remind us of the one who overcame evil not by defeating the enemy but by loving the enemy and thus defeating death itself.

Some, like Kim Koo, were killed by guns or stabbed to death by the hands of Cain, by the hands of men who rebelled against the will of God.

If we're upset over some victims of gun violence but not others, grieved by some untimely deaths but not others, worried about some missing children but not others — we aren't concerned with the injustices at hand.

Bro, put even 10 percent of your efforts, and all you other readers as well, just 10 percent of effort towards cutting down death in the media in entertainment form and you will do FAR MORE than by taking away guns from the people.

Two safety devices — gun locks and load indicators — could reduce accidental shooting deaths by nearly one third.

Two out of three gun deaths are by suicide.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo was called out by name on Thursday by National Rifle Association Vice President Wayne LaPierre as the national debate over gun control continues following the death of 17 people at a Florida high school.

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In addition to responding to the Journal News, the Legislature passed a resolution aimed at curbing gun - related deaths by reinstating a program which distributes gun locks to county gun owners.

In December 2011, oil workers who went on strike for better working conditions were machine - gunned to death by the country's police in an act known as the Zhanaozen massacre.

A Cleveland grand jury declined to bring charges in the death of Tamir Rice, a black youth with a toy gun who was shot by a white police officer 13 months ago.

We have far too much gun death in this county that is created by lax rules on criminals; people who should never have access to weapons, terrorists.

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday proposed reinstating the death penalty in Illinois for mass killers and people who slay law enforcement officers, injecting the idea into his re-election campaign by rewriting a gun control bill and sending it back to...

He was reportedly carrying a gun and the residents led by the assemblyman organised some youth in the town to beat him to death and burnt his mortal remains.

Heastie said the long string of deaths of black men in shootings by police underscore the need for improving community and police relations, combating poverty and improving education and working «on the issue of guns and those who would use them to steal innocent lives.»

Pantaleo was stripped of his gun and badge after Garner's death and placed on modified assignment, pending an investigation by the department.

Bans on gun possession by those convicted of domestic violence also have resulted in a reduction in deaths among women by their partners.

A 2002 study supported by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation concluded that guns are «the second leading cause of death among young people ages 10 to 19 ″ — second only to motor vehicle accidents — killing or injuring 20,000 each year.

Deaths caused by accidental drug overdoses in the US now exceed those from motor vehicle incidents and guns.

Although the paper suggests that increased gun «exposure» caused the spike in accidental deaths, she says the authors don't grapple with what they mean, precisely, by exposure.

He had argued that the association between more laws and fewer deaths disappeared when the authors accounted for firearm ownership in a state — meaning that it is impossible to say whether the restrictive gun laws save lives by inhibiting gun ownership or whether laws are simply easier to enact in states in which ownership rates are already low.

The rage boils deep when after we finish his very, very long and arduous journey when we watch him get gunned down in front of his family by the government who set him up for death since the beginning.

An 85 - year - old woman was sexually assaulted and battered to death by a home invader who also shot her 90 - year - old husband in the face with a BB gun.

An early outing by low brow crowd pleaser Steven «The Mummy» Sommers, Deep Rising is an enjoyably unpretentious creature feature containing the usual blend of big guns, dark corridors and gory deaths.

The wife of a gun manufacturer is held hostage in an elaborate plot by a man seeking revenge for the death of his daughter in a high school shooting incident.

Other disturbing depictions include people who have frozen to death, are gunned down, or are burned by fire.

Kids today, perhaps the prime audience for «Max,» could be troubled by some aspects of the movie, but ultimately they will acquire a real - life, vicarious experience involving the death of a 14 - year - old boy's brother (shown graphically in a scene from Afghanistan) and the violence involving gun smugglers, one of whom violates the Marine code of behavior by being involved in the theft and sale of AK - 47's and a bazooka.

As awesome as it is to leap from platform to platform, roll acrobatically from cover to cover and even beat some enemies to death with your own two hands (or a pickaxe), the gun upgrades aren't 100 % necessary in the beginning of the game and are totally overpowered by the end.