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As we mark the January 8th one-year anniversary of the mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, that claimed six lives and wounded 13 others, including U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), a new analysis of fatal and non-fatal gunshot injuries shows that the total number of people shot in the United States each year has risen significantly from the beginning of the new century to 2008, the latest year for which complete federal data is available.
Between 2000 and 2008, a total of 272,590 people died of gunshot injuries in the United States--an average of 30,288 gun deaths per year, a number shocking by comparison to any other developed country.
During that same time period, an estimated 617,488 people suffered nonfatal gunshot injuries in the United States.
The total number of people shot in 2008 totaled 110,215--the highest total recorded during the nine-year period surveyed in the analysis.
Many experts cite advances in emergency services, including implementation of the 911 system and advanced trauma care as reasons that more gunshot victims survive.
http://www.enewspf.com/opinion/anal...t-each-year-is-rising-new-analysis-shows.html