When we drop our kids to school, we have all at some point shunned out the alarming
statistics about gun violence in schools elsewhere.
As some of the comments started coming in below, I decided to post some infographs and
statistics about gun violence.
Not exact matches
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.
And it is choices such as this where what is innovative and audacious
about Chi - Raq — a musical satire
about gun violence starring an all - star black cast is in and of itself a bold move — fades into the drone of repeated
statistics.
In 1995, The Children's Defense Fund reported devastating
statistics about daily life in the United States: 1,420 teenagers give birth; 3,356 adolescents drop out of school; 8,239 children are reported abused or neglected; more than 100,000 children are homeless;
about 135,000 children bring
guns to schools; and three children die from abuse.
Alter8tion's Web site also includes
statistics about the effect of
gun violence on youths, including 2002 data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that 2,867 U.S. children died from
gun violence in 2002, the most recent year for which
statistics are available.
The cops regaled the few dozen students in the auditorium with
statistics about the large number of young black men killed by
gun violence, then admonished them against cursing in the presence of adults.