Guns may not offer much in terms of self-protection, but they are extremely efficient at producing tragedies. Between suicides, murders, stray bullets, and accidental shootings, guns leave a long trail of misery and suffering in their wake. Here is a brief sampling of the type of gun tragedies that routinely occur. Stories like the ones contained in these pages are happening by the hundreds or by the thousands each year.
Real life stores of gun tragedies
- The Trayvon Martin case
- Child gun accidents and accidental shootings
- People killed by stray bullets
- Gun accidents and mishaps
- Children shooting people
- Hunting accidents
More stories and articles about gun tragedy
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See also:
- Gun Statistics in the United States
- Kids committing gun crimes
- Politics of the Gun Debate In America
- How Criminals, Kids, & the Mentally Ill Get Guns
- Gun Laws & Legislation
- Gun Accidents: How They Happen & Why
- Protection & Self-Defense with Guns: Myth vs. Reality
- If They Only Had A Gun
- Defending Yourself With A Gun: Fantasies Clash With Reality
- Concealed Weapons for Self Defense
- Missing Your Target: Shooting Someone Else by Mistake
- Guns As Self-Defense Against Animals
- Defending Yourself Without A Gun
- Self Defense? Not So Much: A Look At “Justifiable Homicide”
- How Guns Are Actually Used
- Gun Tragedies
- Crazy Gun Owners
- A Look At Who Commits Gun Crimes
- Keeping Guns Out of the Hands of Psychopaths
- Gun Crimes Committed by Concealed Weapon Carriers
- Guns & Gun Crime: Do More Guns Equal Less Crime?
- More Guns, Less Crime? Do Gun-Carry Laws Make Our Communities Safer
- Mass Shootings & the Role Guns Play
- Less Guns = Less Crime: The Effectiveness of Gun Control Laws
- How Gun Owners Endanger the Community
- Kids Bringing Guns To School
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