Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that on an average day, 93 Americans are killed with guns.
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On average there are nearly 12,000 gun homicides a year in the U.S.
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Seven children and teens (age 19 or under) are killed with guns in the U.S. on an average day.
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In an average month, 50 women are shot to death by intimate partners in the U.S.
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America’s gun homicide rate is more than 25 times the average of other high-income countries.
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When a gun is present in a situation of domestic violence, it increases the risk the woman will be killed fivefold.