Gun Violence Statistics

Every day, on average, 316 people in America are shot in murders, assaults, suicides and suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, and police intervention.

Every day, 210 people are shot and survive.

  • 95 are injured in an attack

  • 10 survive a suicide attempt

  • 90 are shot unintentionally

  • 4 are shot in a legal intervention

Every day, 106 people die from gun violence.

  • 39 are murdered

  • 64 kill themselves

  • 1 is killed unintentionally

  • 1 dies but the intent is unknown

115,551 people in America are shot in murders, assaults, suicides & suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, or by police intervention.

76,725 people survive gun injuries.

  • 34,566 injured in an attack

  • 3,554 survive a suicide attempt

  • 32,759 shot unintentionally

  • 1,376 people are shot by legal intervention

38,826 people die from gun violence.

  • 14,062 murdered

  • 23,437 die from suicide

  • 483 killed unintentionally

  • 521 killed by legal intervention

  • 324 die but intent was unknown

Every year, 7,957 children and teens are shot in the United States. Among those:

  • 1,663 children and teens die from gun violence. 

  • 864 are murdered

  • 6,294 children and teens survive gunshot injuries

  • 2,788 are intentionally shot by someone else and survive

  • 662 die from gun suicide

  • 166 survive an attempted gun suicide

  • 10 are killed by legal intervention

  • 101 are shot by legal intervention and survive

  • 89 are killed unintentionally

Gun violence disproportionately impacts Black and LatinX Communities.

Every year, on average, 9,991 Black Americans die by gun violence. Of those:

  • 8,251 die from gun homicide

  • 1,447 die from gun suicide.

Black Americans compose 59% of victims of gun homicide but only 14% of the US population.

Black Americans experience 8 times as many gun homicides as white Americans. And Black children and teens (ages 1-17) are three times more likely to be killed with a gun than their white peers.

Every year, on average, 3,800 Latinos die due to gun violence

  • 2,508 are homicides

  • 1,102 are suicides

  • 114 are undetermined intent or legal intervention

  • 76 are unintentional shootings

*Source: Everytown for Gun Safety

Every year, an average of 10,300 hate crimes involve firearms.

28 hate crimes involve a firearm each day.

Nearly a fifth of hate crimes are based on sexual identity and gender identity bias. LGBTQ+ are more likely to be targeted for a hate crime more than any other group.

90% of suicides attempts with a gun are fatal. 

LGBTQ+ youth are more likely to die by suicide than non-LGBTQ youth, implying that firearm suicides could have a disproportionate impact on transgender and adolescent members of the LGBTQ+ community.