"According to the CDC, there were roughly 38,000 gun deaths in 2016 — two-thirds of them were suicides."
"There are over five times more murders by knives than by rifles."
"The U.S. has the highest gun ownership in the world, but ranks 28th in gun murders. That's a rate of 2.97 deaths per 100,000 people."
"Hand guns are responsible for more than 80 percent of total mass shootings."
Between 1993 and 2003, gun ownership increased by 56 percent, while gun violence decreased by nearly half."
"Since 1950, nearly all public mass shootings have occurred in 'gun free zones.'"
"There is a clear correlation between higher firearm ownership and reducing police killings."
"Switzerland, a nation of about 8 million, is armed with an estimated 2 million guns in circulation with limited gun legislation. Switzerland's overall gun homicide rate is practically zero."