America: The Shithole of Gun Violence

America: The Shithole of Gun Violence

Do you know that there have been more mass shootings in America in 2018  than Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria in the last three years?
In 2018, there have been 310 mass shootings, and over 12,000 gun deaths in the U.S., according to the non-profit Gun Violence Archive.  More than the combined killings in Boko Haram attacks and killings by ISIS terrorists in the last four years.

2018
Total Number of Incidents 49,770
Number of Deaths1 - 12,713
Number of Injuries1 - 24,640
Number of Children (age 0-11)
Killed or Injured1 - 581
Number of Teens (age 12-17)
Killed or Injured1 - 2,471
Mass Shooting2 - 311
Officer Involved Incident
Officer Shot or Killed2 - 254
Officer Involved Incident
Subject-Suspect Shot or Killed2 - 1,857
Home Invasion2 - 1,752
Defensive Use2 - 1,549
Unintentional Shooting2 - 1,373

Gun violence  and crime incidents are collected/validated from 2,500 sources daily – incidents and their source data are found at the gunviolencearchive.org website.

1: Actual number of deaths and injuries
2: Number of INCIDENTS reported and verified

22,000 Annual Suicides not included on Daily Summary Ledger

Numbers on this table reflect a subset of all information
collected and will not add to 100% of incidents.

www.gunviolencearchive.org  www.facebook.com/gunviolencearchive

Data Validated: November 14, 2018

https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/