Gun violence

We talk about gun violence .

Gun-related violence is violence committed with the use of firearm . Gun-related violence may or may not be considered criminal. Criminal violence includes homicide , assault with a deadly weapon, and suicide, or attempted suicide, depending on jurisdiction. Non-criminal violence includes accidental or unintentional injury and death . Also generally included in gun violence statistics are military or para-military activities.

Gun violence in the United States results in tens of thousands of deaths and injuries annually. In 2013, there were 73,505 nonfatal firearm injuries, and 33,636 deaths due to "injury by firearms" (10.6 deaths per 100,000 U.S. citizens).These deaths consisted of 11,208 homicides,21,175 suicides,505 deaths due to accidental or negligent discharge of a firearm, and 281 deaths due to firearms use with "undetermined intent".Of the 2,596,993 total deaths in the US in 2013, 1.3% were related to firearms.The ownership and control of guns are among the most widely debated issues in the country.Legislation at the federal, state, and local levels has attempted to address gun violence through a variety of methods, including restricting firearms purchases by youths and other "at-risk" populations, setting waiting periods for firearm purchases, establishing gun buyback programs, law enforcement and policing strategies, stiff sentencing of gun law violators, education programs for parents and children, and community-outreach programs. Despite widespread concern about the impacts of gun violence on public health, Congress has prohibited the Centers for Disease Control from conducting research that advocates in favor of gun control. The CDC has interpreted this ban to extend to all research on gun violence prevention, and so has not funded any research on this subject since 1996.

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