Gun nation
* Number of guns in the US: 270 to 310 million
* US households with a gun in 1977: 54 per cent
* US households with a gun in 2011: 34.4 per cent
* Gun deaths in 2010: 31,076 [more than 85 gun deaths a day]
* Gun homicides in 2010: 11,078
* Gun suicides in 2010: 19,392
* Unintentional gun deaths in 2010: 606
* Gun injuries treated in hospital in 2010: 73,505
Children & guns
* Infant, child & teen firearm deaths: 2711
* Children & teenagers injured by firearms: 15,576
* More than 7000 children hospitalised or killed by gun violence every year.
* Nearly 75 per cent of all children murdered in the developed world are in the US.
* US children between 5 and 14 are 17 times more likely to be killed by a gun than children in other developed countries.
* More than 2 million children live in homes with unsecured guns in the United States.
* 1.7 million children live in homes with guns that are both loaded and unlocked.
* 660 children are hospitalised each year with non-fatal, unintentional firearm injuries.
* At least two-thirds of accidental child shootings involve a legally-owned gun.
