Death Toll of Mass Shootings over 30 Years in U.S.
January 20, 2013 by Norbert Haupt
While mass shootings are horrifying, and a single life lost is tragic, the death toll of mass shootings in the U.S. over the last 30 years is “only” 163 people.
By comparison, in 2009, almost 11,500 Americans were killed by someone else with a gun, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but more than 18,000 killed themselves with a firearm.
Worse yet, in 2009, drug overdoses exceeded motor vehicle accidents as a cause of death, killing at least 37,485 people nationwide. Somebody dies every 14 minutes due to a drug overdose.
We definitely have a gun problem, but mass shootings are actually extremely rare. Yet they serve as the trigger for public outrage. I am afraid that if we armed all our schools, accidental deaths in schools by those weapons could outnumber those of mass shootings.
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Death Toll of Mass Shootings over 30 Years in U.S.
January 20, 2013 by Norbert Haupt
While mass shootings are horrifying, and a single life lost is tragic, the death toll of mass shootings in the U.S. over the last 30 years is “only” 163 people.
By comparison, in 2009, almost 11,500 Americans were killed by someone else with a gun, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but more than 18,000 killed themselves with a firearm.
Worse yet, in 2009, drug overdoses exceeded motor vehicle accidents as a cause of death, killing at least 37,485 people nationwide. Somebody dies every 14 minutes due to a drug overdose.
We definitely have a gun problem, but mass shootings are actually extremely rare. Yet they serve as the trigger for public outrage. I am afraid that if we armed all our schools, accidental deaths in schools by those weapons could outnumber those of mass shootings.
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