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US Gun Deaths, 1999-2016

Posted on August 29, 2018 (April 6, 2022) by ProCon.org

There were 572,537 gun deaths in the United States between 1999 and 2016, an average of 31,808 per year. Explore year-by-year data on firearm suicides, homicides, unintentional deaths, legal intervention deaths, and deaths of undetermined intent.

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