… Gun deaths, by homicide and suicide, are pretty common in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 33,636 Americans died by firearm in 2013 — about one person every 15 minutes. And they disproportionately happen to young people. …
David Hemenway, a professor of public health at Harvard University, estimates that young people between the ages of 15 and 24 are 49 times more likely to be shot and killed in the United States than in other rich nations, citing forthcoming research. CONT.
Ana Swanson & Jeff Guo, Washington Post