Gun Violence: violence committed with the use of firearms (such as pistols, shotguns, assault rifles or machine guns)

Gun Violence Survivor: a person who has survived violence with the use of firearms

Pew Research Center Data reported 44% of Americans said they know someone who has been shot and 23% of Americans said that a gun has been used to threaten or intimidate a family member or themselves

ABC News/Washington Post poll (September 2019) reported 6 in 10 Americans fear that a mass shooting will occur in their community

USA Today/Ipsos poll (March 2018) reported 53% of young people ages 13 through 17 identified gun violence as a “major worry” (this outranked all other concerns on the poll)

American Psychological Association surveys (August 2019) found that almost 80% of adults said they experience stress because of the possibility of a mass shooting, 1/3 of adults said fear of a mass shooting prevents them from going to certain places or events, and 1/4 of adults said they changed how they live their lives because of fear of a mass shooting

The National Center for PTSD estimates that 28% of people who have witnessed a mass shooting develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and about 1/3 develop acute stress disorder

Below (left) is an article called "13 Statistics That Help Explain Gun Violence in 2019" that does a great job of looking at the issue of gun violence and another website, the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), (right) that looks at evidence-based research about gun violence in 2020. Click on the links to look at both sources that provide staggering statistics, demographics, and facts about gun violence in modern day America.