U.S. Gun Violence Deaths – 2021

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PUBLISHED DATE: January 03, 2022

Total Number of GV Deaths - ALL Causes 44,795

Homicide/Murder/Unintentional/DGU 20,705

Suicide 24,090

Total Number of Injuries 40,418

Mass Shootings 693

Mass Murders 29

Number of Children (age 0-11)1 Killed 310 Injured 746

Number of Teens (age 12-17)1 Killed 1,228 Injured 3,369

Officer Involved Incident Killed 68

Officer Killed or Injured Injured 370

Officer Involved Incident Killed 1,325

Subject-Suspect Killed or Injured Injured 889

Defensive Use 1,236

Unintentional Shooting 1,992

Murder/Suicides Incidents 589

This seems to be very close to the number of Traffic Fatalities for 2021. From the way the news media reports on gun violence, I thought that the number of gun deaths was much higher than vehicle related deaths.

https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/...

Well it's an issue is very politicized and that many people believe they can considerably improve the problem. Automobile safety is pretty non partisan and has been considered an acceptable risk by most.

There are stranger things about the issue though, for example the number of people murdered by handguns vs by rifles does not match the gun control rhetoric.

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