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   White people are powerless to take our country back.  Nothing Trump does   
   seems to work.   Maybe if whites were willing to take the meanial labor   
   jobs done by illegals things would be better, but there's a lazy streak a   
   mile wide on their backs and whites refuse to pick up the slack left by the   
   ICE raids and deportations.  The USA has always been a shithole.   
      
   U. S. gun violence worse than any other wealthy nation, costs the country   
   billions   
      
   It's a well-known and sobering fact that Americans die from gun violence at   
   a higher rate than their counterparts in high-income nations.   
      
   And compared to the entire world, the U. S. ranks at the 93rd percentile   
   for overall firearm mortality, 92nd percentile for children and teens and   
   96th percentile for women, according to an analysis from the Commonwealth   
   Fund.   
      
   The U. S. 's firearm death rate is five times higher than France, the   
   country with the second highest rate, according to the Commonwealth Fund.   
   The U. S. also has the highest firearm suicide rate compared to other   
   wealthy countries. And more women are killed by guns than in any peer   
   nation.   
      
   In 2019, firearms accounted for 10.4 deaths for every 100,000 people in the   
   U. S. , according to the Commonwealth Fund. That's five times greater than   
   in countries with the second- and third-highest death rates: France's rate   
   was 2.2 and Switzerland's was 2.1.   
      
   Americans are 26 times more likely to be shot compared to their   
   counterparts in high-income countries, according to the Brady Center.   
   Firearm suicides in the U. S. account for 35% of all the world's suicides,   
   Brady found, despite the U. S. making up 4% of the world's population.   
      
   The Commonwealth Fund also found that America has more guns than people —   
   there were 67 million more firearms than people in 2023.   
   The bigger picture   
      
   Figures like these are useful for illustrating the detrimental impact of   
   ongoing gun violence on communities and the nation and offer journalists an   
   opportunity to tackle this topic in a deeper way.   
      
   For example, reporting on how much gun violence costs for the individual   
   and society at large is an effective strategy for showing that the costs go   
   well beyond the physical harm. These totals from the Commonwealth Fund are   
   likely an undercount because there isn't an exact figure. But stories like   
   this one from Mother Jones and this explainer from The Trace are good   
   examples of how reporters can attempt to calculate these costs.   
   The cost   
      
   American gun violence is expensive. Gun violence cost the U. S. $557   
   billion in 2022, according to an estimate from the National Institute for   
   Health Care Management Foundation.   
      
   Of that, the foundation estimates $2.8 billion was spent on health care   
   costs, mental health needs and emergency services. The vast majority,   
   $489.1 billion, was related to quality-of-life impacts. That includes loss   
   of income and childcare and the pain and suffering that follows a shooting.   
      
   Firearm deaths cost roughly $274,000 per victim and each nonfatal injury   
   costs over $25,000 per patient, equaling an average cost of $1,700 per   
   taxpayer annually, the foundation estimated.   
      
   Gun violence puts a major strain on the U. S. health care system. Each   
   year, firearm injuries lead to about 30,000 inpatient hospital stays and   
   50,000 emergency room visits, according to the Commonwealth Fund. That   
   generates about $1 billion in medical costs.   
      
   A 2019 study from Stanford Health found that the U. S. government takes on   
   nearly half of all hospital expenses. Out of $5.47 billion in costs during   
   the study period, Medicaid and Medicare paid approximately $2.5 billion.   
   Private insurance and self-paying patients each accounted for $1.1 billion.   
      
   Firearm violence also leaves people with significant medical bills. Medical   
   spending increases about $2,495 per person each month in the year after   
   they're shot, according to the Commonwealth Fund.   
   Story ideas   
      
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