Sentences with phrase «gun deaths among»

New York has the nation's third - lowest rate of gun deaths among the 50 states, according to a new study that found a correlation between firearm safety laws and reduced gun deaths.

Over half of gun deaths among teens (15 to 19) are suicides.

Why do we have the highest rate of poverty, the largest percentage of the population without health insurance, and the greatest number of gun deaths among any of the advanced industrial nations?

Not exact matches

And yet, as painful as such events are, and as much as they seem to increasingly define America's uniquely violent profile among developed nations, they account for just 1 - 2 % of all gun - related deaths in the U.S. «We lose upwards of 90 people a day on average to firearm violence, to suicide and homicide,» says Wintemute.

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.

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.

In other words, even if you somehow completely eliminated mass shootings, America would still be an extreme outlier among developed countries in terms of both gun homicides and overall gun deaths.

Its sponsor, state Sen. Fred Akshar, says research shows between 2015 and 2016, there was a 68 percent spike in gun - related deaths among law enforcement.

At that was the year Mayor Kathy Whitmire stopped a life saving gun safety class for preschoolers in a move that brought Houston's childhood accidental firearms death rate to among the highest in the United States.

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

Compared with other leading causes of death, research into gun violence is among the least funded, an analysis of U.S. mortality data and federal funding from 2004 to 2015 reveals.

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.

Furthermore, findings were similarly protective among important groups who account for a large proportion of deaths or who are particularly vulnerable, including young adult homicide victims, those who died in intimate partner violence - related homicides, and those who died from firearms - related homicides, including murders involving guns.

Even forgetting the completely silly and incongruous ending — which, in characteristic Italian fashion, implies that marriage is a fate far worse than death — «The 10th Victim» is a messed - up ball of competing impulses and half - baked ideas, and probably most famous among younger cinephiles, in pay - it - forward fashion, for inspiring the machine - gun - bosom lampooned in «Austin Powers.»

Guns, violence, bloody deaths... all the elements of a brilliant film were there but somehow they were lost among the tedious monotony and dragging scenes.

As schools chief in Chicago from 2001 to 2008, he was affected by the gun deaths of a 10 - year - old on the eve of her first day of 4th grade, a 16 - year - old boy shot in a city bus on his way home from school, and an 18 - year - old honor student killed outside his high school, among others.

Sometimes soft - spoken and quietly emotional, sometimes fired up and loudly passionate, Kennedy paid tribute to the 17 killed and 16 wounded in the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland, praised the eruption of activism among student - survivors, and delivered a searing takedown of those who have repeatedly failed to act to curb gun violence as the toll from gun deaths has continued to grow.