gun deaths
Bullet-caused mortality toll
Gun deaths is a statistical category encompassing all fatalities caused by firearms—suicides, homicides, accidents, and police shootings.
The term appears frequently in public health research and policy debates: Gun deaths in the U.S. exceed 40,000 annually.
How the category is defined affects which interventions seem most relevant, since suicides typically account for the majority.
- firearmsWeapons using explosive propulsion
- shootingsDischarges of firearms
- mass shootingMulti-victim gun attack
- school shootingFirearm attack at educational institution
- active shooterArmed person attacking people
homicide · massacre · violence · bullets · stray bullet · casualties · fatalities · body count · victims · tragedy · bloodshed · carnage · suicide · murder · accidental discharge · assault · rifles · handguns
gun deathsnatural causes
Death without external intervention
natural death · cancer deaths · heart disease deaths · peaceful death
gun deathsgun safety
Practices preventing weapon accidents
firearm safety · gunshot wounds · gun violence prevention · near misses · gun-free zones
gun, guns, gunned, gunning, gunner, gunners, gunnery, gunman, gunmen