US kids killed, maimed by guns statistics Gun nation Number of guns in the US: 270 to 310 million US households with a gun in 1977: 54 per cent US households with a gun in 2011: 34.4 per cent Gun deaths in 2010: 31,076 [more than 85 gun deaths a day] Gun homicides in 2010: 11,078 Gun suicides in 2010: 19,392 Unintentional gun deaths in 2010: 606 Gun injuries treated in hospital in 2010: 73,505 Children & guns Infant, child & teen firearm deaths: 2711 Children & teenagers injured by firearms: 15,576 More than 7000 children hospitalised or killed by gun violence every year. Nearly 75 per cent of all children murdered in the developed world are in the US. US children between 5 and 14 are 17 times more likely to be killed by a gun than children in other developed countries. More than 2 million children live in homes with unsecured guns in the United States. 1.7 million children live in homes with guns that are both loaded and unlocked. 660 children are hospitalised each year with non-fatal, unintentional firearm injuries. At least two-thirds of accidental child shootings involve a legally-owned gun. source: http://www.bradycampaign.org/sites/default/files/Children-and-Guns-Report.pdf