More Young Americans Now Die From Guns Than Cars. The United States is one of the greatest nations in the world. But compared to our peers, we’re one of the worst when it comes to gun violence. In America, you can be shot at an elementary school. You can be murdered at a church or movie theatre.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamond/2015/08/26/americas-gun-violence-problem-in-three-charts/
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More than 32,000 people per year are killed by guns in the United States — at least. The total number’s incomplete because some gun-related deaths are left out of CDC statistics, Adrienne LaFrance wrote at The Atlantic earlier this year.
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More than 11,000 people are murdered by guns every year. But America’s gun violence problem goes far beyond homicides: Most gun-related deaths are by suicide. Hundreds of innocent children have been unintentionally shot and killed in the past five years, according to an Everytown for Gun Safety 2014 report.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamond/2015/08/26/americas-gun-violence-problem-in-three-charts/
More Young Americans Now Die From Guns Than Cars The United States is one of the greatest nations in the world. But compared to our peers, we’re one of the worst when it comes to gun violence.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamond/2015/08/26/americas-gun-violence-problem-in-three-charts/
How Many People Die in Car Accidents Per Year? Over 30,000 people will die in the United States every year because of car accidents. However, an estimated 35,900 people will die within one year of their car accident. This could be due to any number of factors, including medical error or failing to seek proper medical attention.
https://www.lawteam.com/2015/07/22/how-many-people-die-in-car-accidents-per-year/
From the archives: 1  Why Baltimore Burned. 2  America’s Uninsured Rate Is Down To 10% – And Falling. 3  Why More Doctors Are Quitting — And Why It’s Not Obama’s Fault. 4  Mass Shootings Are Rising. Here’s How To Stop Them.
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Regardless, car accident deaths affect an untold number of people every year, even if those individuals are not directly involved with the accident. Most fatal car accidents involve another vehicle, but a surprising number of vehicle deaths are because the vehicle ran into a fixed object.
https://www.lawteam.com/2015/07/22/how-many-people-die-in-car-accidents-per-year/
More people now die by guns than by cars. For decades, the most dangerous piece of machinery was an automobile. But now, it’s a gun. That’s according to LaFrance’s article and a Center for American Progress report from 2014 that looked specifically at the mounting burden of gun deaths among young Americans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamond/2015/08/26/americas-gun-violence-problem-in-three-charts/
And the United States doesn’t fare well: Compared to all of our peer nations (including the three countries highlighted below), we’re much more likely to die by gun. 2. More people now die by guns than by cars
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamond/2015/08/26/americas-gun-violence-problem-in-three-charts/
how many people die yearly from cars
Over 30,000 people die in the United States every year from car accidents.