Facts about gun violence in America

There are about 30,000 gun related deaths per year by firearms, this number is not disputed. 

U.S. population 328 million as of January 2018. 

Do the math: 0.00915% of the population dies from gun related actions each year.

Statistically speaking, this is insignificant. It's not even a rounding error.

What is not insignificant, however, is a breakdown of those 30,000 deaths:

• 22,938 (76%) are by suicide which can't be prevented by gun laws 

• 987 (3%) are by law enforcement, thus not relevant to Gun Control discussion. 

• 489 (2%) are accidental 

So no, "gun violence" isn't 30,000 annually, but rather 5,577... 0.0017% of the population.

Still too many? Let's look at location:

298 (5%) - St Louis, MO 

327 (6%) - Detroit, MI 

328 (6%) - Baltimore, MD 

764 (14%) - Chicago, IL 

That's over 30% of all gun crime. In just 4 cities.

This leaves 3,856 for everywhere else in America, about 77 deaths per state. Obviously some States have higher rates than others

Yes, 5,577 is absolutely horrific, but let's think for a minute...

But what about other deaths each year?

70,000+ die from a drug overdose 

49,000 people die per year from the flu 

37,000 people die per year in traffic fatalities 

Now it gets interesting:

250,000+ people die each year from preventable medical errors. 

You are safer in Chicago than when you are in a hospital.

610,000 people die per year from heart disease 

Even a 10% decrease in cardiac deaths would save about twice the number of lives annually of all gun-related deaths (including suicide, law enforcement, etc.).

A 10% reduction in medical errors would be 66% of the total gun deaths or 4 times the number of criminal homicides.

Simple, easily preventable, 10% reductions. 

Not to mention the fact that guns stop somewhere between 2.5 million to 235,700 crimes each year.

There is no gun problem.

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_02.pdf

Source: https://everytownresearch.org/firearm-suicide/

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhamcs/web_tables/2015_ed_web_tables.pdf

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings-2017/?tid=a_inl_manual

Source: https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-accidental-gun-deaths-20180101-story.html

Source: https://247wallst.com/special-report/2018/11/13/cities-with-the-most-gun-violence/ (stats halved as reported statistics cover 2 years, single year statistics not found)

Source: https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/faq.htm

Source: https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812603

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/02/22/medical-errors-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-america.html

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm

Source: https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6853&context=jclc

Source: https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/fv9311.pdf