Cities and States
Texas
Who are the only two FORMER presidents to be injured in an assassination attempt?
Both attempts were made during reelection campaigns.
Theodore Roosevelt and Donald Trump.
This percentage represents the amount of 2023 firearm deaths attributed to suicide.
(Within 3% in either direction)
55%
This North American country has only one (legal) gun store, located on a heavily guarded military base.
Mexico
This US state had the second lowest gun death rate in 2023, with 3.4 deaths per 100,000 attributed to gun violence.
Hawaii
This amendment to the Constitution granted "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, [and it] shall not be infringed." This is a frequent point of debate, and its vague wording has caused many discrepancies.
Second Amendment
This statistic makes up 60% of gun deaths in America.
Firearm suicide
United States citizens are estimated to own this amount of the world's total civilian held firearms.
46%
This US state had the LEAST gun deaths in 2021.
Rhode Island
This act, passed in 1968, among other provisions, prohibited firearm sales to certain individuals, required that all firearms be given a serial number, and required licensing for those in the business of selling and manufacturing firearms.
Gun Control Act (GCA)
According to statistics about the year 2022, about how often on average was a death attributed to firearm violence?
11 minutes
This country is the most strict on their gun safety laws, including five years jail time for illegal owning of ammunition, and in some cases, the death sentence is given for firing a gun (even without causing injury)>
Singapore
This US state has the strongest gun laws, and is among the lowest in gun deaths and ownership. It was the first state to pass a law funding gun violence prevention programs, and to impose a modest tax on the firearm industry's revenue.
California
This was the year the National Firearms Act was passed, aiming to restrict access to "gangster weapons" such as machine guns and silencers.
1934
Approximately what percentage of Americans say they have lost a family member to a firearm-related death?
20%
857
This US city had the highest murder rate in 2022, with 58.4 homicides per 100,000 population.
New Orleans, LA
This act passed in 1986 amended the Gun Control Act (1968) to redefine who a "gun dealer" is, as well as making sales of firearms and ammunition easier across state lines.
Hint: Its acronym is "FOPA"
Firearm Owners' Protection Act
According to Pew Research Center, gun deaths among American children rose by this percentage from 2019 to 2021.
50%
This country has the third highest estimate of guns per capita, at an estimated 52.8 firearms per 100 population.
Yemen