More Americans died from firearms than wars, aids and terrorists

As a result, attacks on medical center Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California, killed at least 14 people. The center provided assistance to people with developmental disabilities.

Policy send “Prayers and condolences”, but they do not say the most important thing - in America, about 33 thousand Americans die from firearms every year. These are murders, suicides and accidents.

The US government spent a lot of money and time trying to reduce the number of deaths in accidents and from AIDS. It waged wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, trying to protect Americans from terrorism and drugs. However, more Americans died from weapons than from wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, AIDS, drug overdose and terrorism combined.

Because of the “gun lobby,” the country is not taking basic measures that could reduce the number of tragedies associated with the availability of firearms in the United States. As you know, to buy a pistol in most states you don’t even need to undergo a basic inspection.

“We have spent over a trillion dollars, passed countless laws, and are dedicated to preventing terrorist attacks on our soil. And yet our Congress prevents us from even collecting data on how we can reduce gun deaths. How can this be?” Barack Obama said in October, after the mass shooting at a college in Oregon.

The Forum has prepared an infographic that compares some of the causes of death for Americans from 2001 to 2013. Data taken from the publication's research Vox.com

Terrorism against weapons
Back in 2001, ten times more Americans died from firearms than at the hands of terrorists. On average, in any year between 2002 and 2011, about a thousand times more Americans died from firearms than from terrorism.

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan against weapons

In total, 6863 Americans died during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. From weapons in America died almost five times more.

Aids against weapons

In the US, 80 and 90, AIDS was directly an epidemic, and the government and the public health system were criticized for not doing so well. Since then, the rate of spread of HIV infection has been reduced, and treatment methods have also emerged. Guns kill many more Americans per year than AIDS, but are not yet considered as a public health crisis.

Drug overdose

The US government is fighting illicit drug trafficking, which increases the risk of death. However, an overdose per year kills three times fewer people than from firearms.

Car accidents against weapons

Firearms are not the leading cause of death in the United States. Heart disease and cancer killed many more people in a year. However, the human cost of guns is enormous, comparable to the number of people killed in traffic accidents each year.

Forum previously reported that in the result of an attack December 2 at the Inland Regional Medical Center in San Bernardino, California, providing assistance to people with developmental disabilities, killed at least 14 people. Another 17 man, according to police, was injured.

In late November, one of the clinics Planned Parenthood attacked armed opponent of abortion. 57-year-old Robert Lewis Dear walked into a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs and opened fire on visitors and staff, as well as police officers who arrived at the scene of the shooting. Three people, including a police officer, were killed by the Colorado shooter, and nine more were injured.

At the beginning of October, 26-year-old Chris Carper Mercer, armed to the teeth, устроил massacre in public college and left a hateful note on the crime scene. As a result of the attack, ten people were killed and seven were injured.