{"id":61887,"date":"2015-08-03T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=61887"},"modified":"2015-08-03T09:52:14","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T08:52:14","slug":"what-does-gun-violence-in-the-usa-really-cost-by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/08\/what-does-gun-violence-in-the-usa-really-cost-by-the-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does Gun Violence in the USA Really Cost? By the Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The data below is the result of a joint investigation by Mother Jones<\/em> and Ted Miller<\/a>, an economist at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. Based on Miller’s work identifying and quantifying the societal impacts of gun violence, the annual price tag comes to at least $229 billion a year (based on 2012 data). That includes $8.6 billion in direct spending\u2014from emergency care and other medical expenses to court and prison costs\u2014as well as $221 billion in less tangible “indirect” costs, which include impacts on productivity and quality of life for victims and their communities. (See the rest of our special investigation here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guns kill 33,000\u2026: Centers for Disease Control<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Total cost of gun violence: Ted Miller<\/em><\/p>\n

Gun casualties: Centers for Disease Control<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Gun violence costs more than $700 per American\u2026: Ted Miller (per capita and total cost); ForeignAssistance.gov<\/a> (foreign aid); <\/em>Forbes<\/a> (Apple); Office of Management and Budget<\/a> (Medicaid); Surgeon General<\/a> (smoking)<\/em><\/p>\n

How it all adds up: Ted Miller (indirect and direct costs, price of one murder), Environmental Protection Agency<\/a>, Department of Transportation<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Direct costs: Ted Miller<\/em><\/p>\n

Cost of gun violence per state: Ted Miller<\/em><\/p>\n

Black\/white gun victims: Centers for Disease Control<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Guns used in 70% of homicides\u2026: Centers for Disease Control<\/a>, Harvard School of Public Health<\/a> (suicide attempts), Ted Miller (total costs)<\/em><\/p>\n

84% of gun homicide victims\u2026: Centers for Disease Control<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Gun deaths and car accidents: Centers for Disease Control<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

8 Survivors Tell Their Stories<\/a><\/p>\n

Watch: The Cost of Gun Violence, in 90 Seconds<\/a><\/p>\n

More about Our Methodology and Data<\/a><\/p>\n

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