Gun-related deaths are a fixture in American life and there were 12.09 deaths per 100,000 people, according to 2019 data from gunpolicy.org. For Australia, the rate was 0.90 per 100,000 people showing the significant contrast between the two countries.
In a disturbing US trend, firearms killed more children and adolescents in 2020 than car accidents, the previous leading cause of death for young people, according to the Washington Post.
Rate of gun deaths per 100,000 people (2019)
