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.
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.