Gun Violence

Gun violence burden: firearm deaths in 2023

About 45,000 firearm deaths; most are suicides

Share of U.S. homicides and suicides involving a firearm

The majority involve a firearm

U.S. adults living in a gun-owning household

4 in 10 adults

Gun ownership breakdown (U.S. adults)

32% own a gun; 10% live with an owner; 57% live in a household with no guns

Risk of death with a gun in the home

About 3x more likely to die by homicide and 7x more likely to die by suicide

Cross-country gun ownership and death rates

Higher gun ownership tracks with higher gun death rates

Women and gun violence

Women are at increased risk of intimate partner homicide

Types of gun violence

Intentional (suicide, homicide) and unintentional

Social ecological model: intrapersonal intervention

Education, skills

Social ecological model: interpersonal intervention

Family/peer influence, safe storage talk

Social ecological model: institutional intervention

School/workplace programs

Social ecological model: community intervention

Violence interrupters, neighborhood initiatives

Social ecological model: societal/policy intervention

Laws, enforcement, media

Is policy the only solution to gun violence?

No; policy isn't the only solution