Guns

Pro guns

1. Crimeresearch.org. Gun ban directly resulted in more gun violence. The Vox article is wrong in so many ways. https://crimeresearch.org/2018/04/responding-voxs-popular-americas-unique-gun-violence-problem-explained-17-maps-charts/
2. UK. Firearm homicide rate in UK went up after gun ban, then went down. https://crimeresearch.org/2013/12/murder-and-homicide-rates-before-and-after-gun-bans/
3. US. Gun crime is not an even problem across the whole US. 2 counties are responsible for 52% of deaths. https://crimeresearch.org/2017/04/number-murders-county-54-us-counties-2014-zero-murders-69-1-murder/
4. Murder rates go up after each gun ban. https://crimeresearch.org/2013/12/murder-and-homicide-rates-before-and-after-gun-bans/
5. Gun violence by the numbers. Black men 13x more likely to be killed by a gun then white men. https://everytownresearch.org/gun-violence-by-the-numbers/
6. 62% of firearm deaths are suicide. Only 36% are homicides. In 2016 there were 14,925 firearm homicides. https://everytownresearch.org/gun-violence-by-the-numbers/
7. 2015. Pew Research. Gun homicides steadily declined after 1990. But Americans STILL think gun crime has increased. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/10/21/gun-homicides-steady-after-decline-in-90s-suicide-rate-edges-up/
8. Most offenders get illegal guns off the street, so gun bans do not stop the criminals or the illegal gun trade. https://www.nij.gov/topics/crime/gun-violence/Pages/aquired.aspx
9. Mass shootings on the rise as more gun control is enacted. https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2015/12/31/mass-shootings-in-the-u-s-what-makes-so-many-american-men-dangerous/
10. 1996 Australian gun control law only reduced homicides a small amount. https://www.factcheck.org/2017/10/gun-control-australia-updated/

Anti guns

1. CNN. American gun culture vs rest of the world. https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/americas/us-gun-statistics/index.html

By state

1. Murders by US state. https://www.statista.com/statistics/195331/number-of-murders-in-the-us-by-state/

General Sources

1. CDC. Deaths by reason. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm
2. US. Gun ownership, 1972-2017. https://www.statista.com/statistics/249740/percentage-of-households-in-the-united-states-owning-a-firearm/
3. CDC Faststats, homicide. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm
4. Gun violence, National Institute of Justice. https://www.nij.gov/topics/crime/gun-violence/Pages/welcome.aspx
5. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting tool. https://ucr.fbi.gov/
6. FBI. Latest Crime Stats. https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/latest-crime-statistics-released

Deaths per year by reason

2015 from CDC

The 2015 PDF. Source is the CDC 2015 pdf unless another link is given.

1. Heart disease: 633,842
2. Cancer: 595,930
3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 155,041
4. Accidents (unintentional injuries): 146,571
5. Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 140,323
6. Alzheimer’s disease: 110,561
7. Diabetes: 79,535
8. Influenza and Pneumonia: 57,062
9. Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (kidney problems): 49,959
10. Intentional self-harm (suicide): 44,193
11. Prescription drugs, 2015. 29728.
12. Heroin, 2015 12989.
13. Drunk driving, 2017. 10,497.
14. Cocaine, 2015. 6784.