03. Guns make violence more deadly
Contrary to what the gun industry says, guns do kill people. Guns make killing easy, efficient, and somewhat impersonal, thereby increasing the lethality of anger and violence.
An estimated 41 percent of gun-related homicides and 94 percent of gun-related suicides would not occur if no guns were present. On the same day as the Newtown massacre a man attacked children with a knife at an elementary school in China. Twenty-three children were injured, but none died.11 In family and intimate assaults the use of a gun increased the risk of death 12 times.