In the US more people are killed by guns come disproportionately killed than in other countries. In the past year, there were nearly 40,000 – a new record.
Almost 40,000 people have come in the United States in the past year by firearms are killed. This is the highest number since it started 40 years ago, to lead the statistics. Slightly more than half of which are suicides with pistols or rifles. For comparison: In Germany, 900 people a year die just by a gun, the largest part of suicides.
Black men especially
In the United States have been killed 15,000 people by the balls, including 2000 cases of self-defense, for example, of police officers. There were just as many accidents with guns. In the case of suicides there are, especially white men, who resort to the gun or rifle. For men with black skin color, the risk is greatest, such weapons killed.