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(1,142 posts) Thu Dec 3, 2015, 08:12 PM Dec 2015

A silent thread for the 12,235 gun deaths in America this year as of 12-3

2015 Toll of Gun Violence

Total Number of Incidents 48,366

Number of Deaths1 12,235

Number of Injuries1 24,753

Number of Children (age 0-11) Killed/Injured1 640

Number of Teens (age 12-17) Killed/Injured1 2,423

Mass Shooting2 309

Officer Involved Incident2 4,028

Home Invasion2 2,081

Defensive Use2 1,130

Accidental Shooting2 1,749

Gun violence incidents collected/validated from 1200+ sources daily – source links on each incident report.

1: Actual number of deaths and injuries
2: Number of INCIDENTS reported and verified

Numbers on this table reflect a subset of all information
collected and will not add to 100% of incidents.

www.gunviolencearchive.org

Data Validated: December 03, 2015