Tens of thousands of firearms-related deaths and injuries occur in the United States each year. Data are collected yearly by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of Just
A memorial at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign following the 2017 Las Vegas shooting
The Assassination of William McKinley in 1901. McKinley died eight days later from his wounds.
March on Washington for Gun Control in January 2013
The most common type of gun confiscated by police and traced by the ATF are .38 special revolvers, such as this Smith & Wesson Model 60 .38 Special revolver with a 3-inch barrel.
Mass shootings are incidents involving multiple victims of firearm related violence. Definitions vary, with no single, broadly accepted definition. One definition is an act of public firearm violence—
Gun violence in the United States
…represent the majority of firearms injury and homicide compared to other racial groupings. Although mass shootings are covered extensively in the media, mass shootings in the United States account for only a small fraction of gun-related deaths. Regardless, mass shootings occur on a larger scale and much more frequently than in other…
Police converge upon the home of the perpetrator of the Camden shootings. The firearm used by the perpetrator had been legally purchased.
The body of the perpetrator of the 1989 Stockton schoolyard shooting being removed from the grounds of Cleveland Elementary School following his suicide.
A survivor of the 1966 University of Texas tower shooting takes refuge behind a flagpole base as an injured student lies beside a hedge
A slightly wounded survivor of the San Ysidro McDonald's massacre, pictured shortly after the incident