Gun violence in America, in 17 maps and charts

[onehandle]

America's unique problem with gun violence

America has six times as many firearm homicides as Canada, and 15 times as many as Germany

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America has 4.4 percent of the world's population, but almost half of the civilian-owned guns around the world

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There have been at least 1,042 mass shootings since Sandy Hook

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On average, there is more than one mass shooting for each day in America

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States with more guns have more gun deaths

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http://www.vox.com/2015/8/24/9183525/gun-violence-statistics

[niyad]

1. k and r and bookmarking

[moondust]

2. Nah, couldn't be.

You don't think there could possibly be some kind of correlation between the unbelievable number of guns floating around in the general population and the unbelievable number of homicides by firearm?

Nah. That's just silly.