04-12-2024, 04:04 PM
Report Highlights:
An average of 10,252 firearms were used in homicides between 2015 and 2019. Handguns were involved in 59% of homicides in 2020.
Handguns were used in 62% of homicides between 2015 and 2019.
Most mass shooters used firearms chambered in 9mm and .223 Remington in 2023 and 2024 (to date), resulting in 45% of all deaths.
1 in 6 criminal assaults involving a firearm results in death.
Gunshot victims were 4.5 times more likely to die when shot by larger caliber bullets (.357 magnum, .40, .44 magnum, .45, 10 mm, and 7.62 Χ 39 mm) than small calibers (.25, .32, and .38).
Knives are used in 3X more murders than rifles. Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.) are used in nearly 2 times more murders than rifles.
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