Epidemiology Cont’d
Epidemiology Continued
•Approximately 50% of all US homes have a firearm.
•Over 50% of handguns are stored loaded or with the ammunition.
•Keeping a gun in the home increases the chances of a homicide
by three times and increases the chances of a suicide by five times.
•A gun kept in a household is 43 times more likely to kill someone
that the family knows than to kill someone in self-defense.
•77% of violent deaths in schools are caused by firearms.
Firearm Prevalence
Statistics