Gun Violence Facts

 Jungle America Outfitters is dedicated to taking the necessary steps in order to help reduce the impact that gun violence has in our communities.

  • Every year in the US, an average of more than 100,000  people are shot, according to (The Brady Campaign to prevent gun Violence)

  • Every day in the US, an average of 289 people Are shot. (The Brady Campaign to prevent gun Violence)

  • One person is killed by a Firearm every seventeen minutes, 87 people are killed everyday, and 609 are killed every week (CDC)

  • Between 2000 and 2010, A total of 335,609 people died from guns. More than the population of St, Louis, Missouri (318,069), Pittsburgh, PA, (307,484), Cincinnati, OH, (269,223), Newark, NJ, (277,540), and Orlando, FL, (243,195) (CDF, US Census Bureau)Study shows the US has had an average of one "Mass" shooting per month since 2009. (Washington Post)

  • Half of all Juveniles murdered in 2012, were killed with a firearm. (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention)

  • "The number of privately owned guns in the US, is at an all-time high of upwards of 300,000,000 and now rises by about 10,000,000 per year" said the (NRA Institute For Legislative Action) in a firearms facts sheet, released Jan 17, 2013. To put that into perspective , in 2009 the census bureau stated that there were 305,529,237 people in the US, there are an estimated 300,000,000 to 310,000,000 guns owned by civilians.

  • Hand guns Comprised of 72.5 percent of the firearms used in murder and non-negligent man-slaughter incidents in 2011. 4.1 percent by Shotgun, 3.87 rifles, and 18.5 percent unspecified (FBI)

                                 The Facts above are attributed to a (CBS NEWS Report)

 

  • Guns are the second leading cause of death for kids in the US and the first leading cause of death for African-American Children.

 

The facts don't lie. For the average citizen, the front line is not on some distant beach or jungle in a foreign country. The front-line for an average citizen is right outside the front door of their homes. The war-zone isn't on our streets in the form of tanks or armed soldiers. The war-zone is the distance between Point-A our homes, and Point-B our daily destinations. Whether the war-zone comes in the form of our daily commute to work, a quick trip to the grocery store, gas station, a stroll around the neighborhood or sadly in our public schools. Make no mistake about it, danger, and unpredictability lurk around every corner.

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