FACTS ABOUT GUNS

• Most gunshot wounds are very painful from the moment they happen and often for a very long time after.

• Guns are not an effective way of protecting yourself or others. Only about 1% of all victims of violent crime used a gun to successfully defend themselves.

• For every person who dies by gunshot, there are five (5) more who suffer a long-term disabling injury.  Rarely do people fully recover from a gunshot wound.
  
• Nearly half of all homicide victims are acquainted with or related to their killers

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