The state of gun violence in the US, explained in 18 charts

America doesn't have a gun problem, it has several of them.

These charts and maps break down the scope of the problem: http://bit.ly/2odFYVK

No other developed country in the world has anywhere near the same rate of gun violence as America. The US has nearly six times the gun homicide rate as Canada, more than seven times as Sweden, and nearly 16 times as Germany.

The debate over gun regulation in the US seems intractable, but there is one fact that both sides can agree on: Mass shootings are just the tip of a very complicated problem.

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