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Gun violence is a term of political, economic and sociological interest referring to the tens of thousands of annual firearms-related deaths and injuries occurring in the United States. [2] In 2016, a U.S. male aged 15–24 was 70 times more likely to be killed with a gun than a French male or British male.
However, record gun sales followed in the following years. [16] [17] [18] The U.S. has by far the highest estimated number of guns per capita in the world, at 120.5 guns for every 100 people. [19] As per 2023 survey, 32% of Americans own at least one firearm. From 1994 to 2023, 28% gun ownership increased in America.
Property owners may prohibit the carrying of firearms onto property they lawfully possess by posting signage or verbally notifying persons upon entering the property. Violating these "gun-free" establishments is a full misdemeanor punishable by less than one year in the county jail and/or a fine of up to $1,000 (Criminal Trespass - NMSA 30-14-1).
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Several different inclusion criteria are used; there is no generally accepted definition. [2] [3] Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research group that tracks shootings and their characteristics in the United States, defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people, excluding the perpetrator(s), are shot in one location at roughly the same time. [4]
In 2021, there were 26,000 gun suicides and 21,000 gun homicides, together making up a sixth of deaths from external causes. Gun deaths make up about half of all suicides, but over 80% of homicides. [5] Gun deaths in 2021 rose to levels not seen since the 1990s, but remained below rates of the 1970s. [6]
On October 11, 2017, ten days after a mass shooting in Las Vegas killed 58 people, a Politico / Morning Consult poll was released. It found that 64% of Americans support stricter gun laws, while 29% opposed them. Support was higher among Democrats (83%) than among independents (58%) and Republicans (49%).
On August 11, 2023, in a 4–3 decision, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the assault weapons ban does not violate the state constitution. [62] At the federal level, on February 17, 2023, a federal judge denied a motion to block the law, calling it "constitutionally sound". [63] On April 25, a second federal judge declined to block the law ...