Statistics
- Death Rates by Firearm [CDC](2019)
- Homicide by Weapon Type [FBI](2012-2016)
- Methods of Suicide [NIH](2018)
- Mass Shootings By Country[WPR](2009-2015)
- Defensive Gun Uses (SSRN)[2021]
- Gun violence was on a downward trajectory before the 1994 ban(PEW)
Death Rates by Firearm [CDC](2019)
CDC - 2019 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/injury.htm
Homicide by Weapon Type [FBI](2012-2016)
FBI 2012-2016 https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-4.xls
Methods of Suicide [NIH](2018)
National Institute of Mental Health 2018 - https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide.shtml#part_154971
Mass Shootings By Country[WPR](2009-2015)
Average (Mean) Annual Death Rate per Million People from Mass Public Shootings (U.S., Canada, and Europe, 2009-2015):
- Norway — 1.888
- Serbia — 0.381
- France — 0.347
- Macedonia — 0.337
- Albania — 0.206
- Slovakia — 0.185
- Switzerland — 0.142
- Finland — 0.132
- Belgium — 0.128
- Czech Republic — 0.123
- United States — 0.089
- Austria — 0.068
- Netherlands — 0.051
- Canada — 0.032
- England — 0.027
- Germany — 0.023
- Russia — 0.012
- Italy — 0.009
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/mass-shootings-by-country
Defensive Gun Uses (SSRN)[2021]
The survey further finds that approximately a third of gun owners (31.1%) have used a firearm to defend themselves or their property, often on more than one occasion, and it estimates that guns are used defensively by firearms owners in approximately 1.67 million incidents per year.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3887145
Gun violence was on a downward trajectory before the 1994 ban(PEW)
Between 1993 and 2000, the gun homicide rate dropped by nearly half, from 7.0 homicides to 3.8 homicides per 100,000 people. Since then, the gun homicide rate has remained relatively flat. From 2009 to 2014, the most recent year data are available, the number of gun homicides has hovered around 11,000 and 12,000 per year.
By contrast, a significantly higher – and growing – number of gun deaths were by suicide than by homicide, and this has been true throughout the past two decades. For example, while the gun suicide rate has declined overall since 1993, in recent years it has risen, from 6.3 per 100,000 people in 2010 to 6.7 in 2014.