* About 10 percent of the adult population owns 77 percent of the total stock of firearms.
* Since 1962, more than one million Americans have died in firearm homicides, suicides, and unintentional shootings.
* From 1990 to 1997, handguns were used in a majority (55.6 percent) of all homicides; that is, they were used in murder more than all other weapons combined
* The largest category of firearms fatality is suicide, not homicide. In 1997, 54 percent of all gun deaths were suicides, and 42 percent were homicides.
* About six out of 10 suicides are committed with firearms.
* People living in a household with a gun are almost five times more likely to die by suicide than people living in a gun-free home.
* For every firearm death, there are nearly three gun injuries requiring emergency medical treatment.25. By conservative estimates, gunshot injuries cost about $4 billion a year in medical expenses
* Since 1962, more than one million Americans have died in firearm homicides, suicides, and unintentional shootings.
* From 1990 to 1997, handguns were used in a majority (55.6 percent) of all homicides; that is, they were used in murder more than all other weapons combined
* The largest category of firearms fatality is suicide, not homicide. In 1997, 54 percent of all gun deaths were suicides, and 42 percent were homicides.
* About six out of 10 suicides are committed with firearms.
* People living in a household with a gun are almost five times more likely to die by suicide than people living in a gun-free home.
* For every firearm death, there are nearly three gun injuries requiring emergency medical treatment.25. By conservative estimates, gunshot injuries cost about $4 billion a year in medical expenses