All lives matter: A more balanced, nuanced look at the 33,000 annual gun deaths in the United States

Nearly two-thirds of U.S. gun deaths each year are suicides, which are particularly common among older white men. The group most at risk of dying by gun homicide, meanwhile, are young black men.


Earlier this year, FiveThirtyEight took a hard look at the more than 33,000 gun deaths that take place in the U.S. each year, and we tried to understand what could help bring that number down. Among the key statistics: Nearly two-thirds of U.S. gun deaths each year are suicides, which are particularly common among older white men. The group most at risk of dying by gun homicide, meanwhile, are young black men. Addressing those two problems, and others such as domestic violence, require very different solutions. Explore all our stories and our interactive graphic for more on what we learned.




from a politically liberal site:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/second-presidential-debate-election-2016/?ex_cid=2016-forecast