Every day, 100 Americans are shot and killed in the United States. There are a lot of widespread myths and conflicting information about guns, gun violence and gun safety laws in America. To set the record straight, we’ve developed a series of graphics to help you “fork over the facts” and dispel some of the most prominent myths about gun violence.

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Source: Karberg, Frandsen, Durso, Buskirk, Lee, “Firearm Transfers.”

Source: Grinshteyn, Hemenway, “Violent Death Rates,” 2019.

Source: Grinshteyn, Hemenway, “Violent Death Rates,” 2019.

Source: Everytown for Gun Safety, “Arming Teachers Introduces New Risks Into Schools”

Source: Azrael, Cohen, Salhi, Miller, “Firearm Storage,” 2018.

Source: Miller, Hepburn, Azrael, “Firearm Acquisition,” 2017.

Source: Miller, Azrael, Hemenway, “Fatality Rates for Suicide,” 2012. Vyrostek, Annest, Ryan, “Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries,” 2004.

This page was last updated on November 21, 2019.