Gun violence

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Gun-related violence is violence against a person committed with the use of a firearm to inflict a gunshot wound. Gun violence may or may not be considered criminal. Criminal violence includes homicide (except when and where ruled justifiable) and assault with a deadly weapon. Depending on the jurisdiction, suicide or attempted suicide may also be considered a crime. Non-criminal violence includes accidental injury and death (except in cases of criminal negligence). Also generally included in gun violence statistics are military or para-military activities. According to GunPolicy.org, in 2006, 75 percent of the world's 875 million guns were civilian-controlled. At the end of 2017 there were approximately 1,013 million firearms in the 230 countries and autonomous territories of the world, 84.6 per cent of which were held by civilians, 13.1 per cent by state militaries, and 2.2 per cent by law enforcement agencies. The 2017 combined global total of 1,013 million firearms is higher than the...

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