12 Shocking Infographics That Show Just How Messed Up Is America About Gun Control

On Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, a deadly mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, continued the horrific trend that doesn't seem to have a solution. When it was all over, 17 people lost their lives in a senseless act of violence and many others were injured. Here are 12 infographics that represent just how messed up America's relationships with gun violence remains in the face of their inaction.

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    Text - The U.S. has 5% of the world's population but owns 50% of the world's guns BUSTLE
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    Text - Since 1982, 56 out of 71 mass shootings utilized at least one legally-bought gun LEGAL ILLEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL ILLEGAL ILLEGAL LEGAL ILLEGAL ILLEGAL ILLEGAL ILLEGAL ILLEGAL !וEGAL
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    Text - More Deaths From Gun Violence in America Than All Wars Combined U.S. DEATHS FROM ALL WARS DEATHS FROM GUN VIOLENCE Revolutionary War 4,435 War of 1812 2,260 Mexican War 13,283 Civil War 525,000 Spanish-American War 2,446 World War 116,516 World War lI 405,399 Korean War 36,574 Vietnam War 58,220 1968 to 1980 377,000 1981 to 1998 620,525 1999 to 2010 364,483 2011 32,163 Total 1,384,171 Persian Gulf War 383 Afghanistan War 2,175 Iraq War 4,486 1,171,177 CREDO Total mobile Sun pagyoes sppasu
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    Text - THE UNITED STATES HAS 58,344 LICENSED GUN DEALERS, NEARLY TWICE THE NUMBER OF POST OFFICES 98.4% OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION LIVES WITHIN 10 MILES OF A GUN DEALER. NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, GETTING A BACKGROUND CHECK IS QUICK AND EASY AND IT SAVES LIVES aYORS ACN3 LLEGAL GUN POPULATION DATA: US. CENSUS 2010 FFL DATA: 0UREAU of ALCOHOL TOBACCO. FIREARMS AND EXPLOSVES, JAN 2013
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    Font - 270 million 31,347 guns in America total number of Americans killed by guns in 2009 11,493 number of homicides involving a gun in 2009 that's equal to roughly 90 guns for every 100 people
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    Text - BACKGROUND CHECKS SAVE LIVES BIYING NAMERICA WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES A BACKGROUND CHECK MAKE? BACKGROUND CHECK REOQUIRED NO BACKGROUND CHECK VS HOW DO CRIMINALS GET GUNS? 60% of gus transfers GO% 40% personal collection is CRIMINALS 80 % of inmates report getting their gun in a private transfer. 14 states and the In 36 states, anyone can buy a handgun from a private seller with no background check and no record kept District of Columbla require a background check for every handgun sale. back
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    Text - Average number of 491,930 violent crimes committed with a gun every year over the past decade Executive actions taken by President Obama to prevent gun violence 0 Common-sense laws passed by this Congress to prevent gun violence #WhatWillitTake 25
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    Text - America Has More Gun Shops Than Grocery Stores Number of stores/restaurants in the United States (latest available data as of December 2012) Retail Gun Stores 51,438 36,569 Supermarkets SUBWAY Subway 25,554 McDonald's 14,098 Starbucks 10,787 0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 creative ommons statista The Statistics Portal Sources: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Progressive Grocer, Starbucks, McDonald's, Subway
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    Text - AMERICANS ARE 20 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE MURDERED WITH A GUN THAN PEOPLE IN OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
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    Font - GUN SAPEP STATISTICS 8OX 69% G in the Unhol Sues are Over the pa 20 years ge ae he b drg he e ti h firas ane dwn cn oen to pen crine than they aer e fros Aer the y of Kesn Grgiaeda w REQUIRING EVERY HOME TO HAVE A GUN the crie rate drppod by more tha 50% 200,000 WOMEN Appeninutcy in the Uaitod state ue quas o pootd themches aied coe ciery year
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    Text - Gun violence costs more than $700 per American a yoar. We spend more on it than on obesity, and almost as much as we spend on Medicald. loal cost t dty s224 Atesst sz20 Maher
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