Shocking US gun violence statistics for 2023
Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit organization that tracks shootings and gun violence in the United States, announced on its website that approximately 43,000 people will die from gun violence in the United States in 2023. .
According to the Gun Violence Archive website, as of December 31, 2023, a total of 42,888 Americans have died in connection with such incidents. This is an average of 117 deaths per day. Approximately 1,700 of these victims were children: 295 were infants to 11 years old, and 1,381 were 12 to 17 years old. The country's deadliest mass shooting in 2023 was committed by a U.S. Army reservist at a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, on October 25, killing 18 people and injuring 13 others. . The shooting was the deadliest gun-related shooting in the country in decades, and President Biden expressed his determination to strengthen gun control in a speech he gave after visiting the scene of the shooting. I did. The Gun Violence Archive has been publishing statistics since 2014, and this is the fourth year in a row that there have been more than 600 shootings in a single year. According to a poll by the Pew Research Center, an independent research organization in the United States, the increase in gun violence in the country is causing Americans to own, purchase, and carry firearms more quickly, leading to safety concerns. Seventy-two percent of respondents said they own or plan to buy a gun because of concerns.
