an average of 18,243 people in the United States die by gun homicides and 35,451 are wounded by gun assaults—a rate of 5.8 homicides and 10.7 assaults per 100,000 people. Of all homicides in the United States, 78% involve a gun. In the United States
6,192 The number of children and teenagers shot in 2023 most of these deaths have been homicides