* 10,177 guns were used in murders in the U.S. in 2006 while in the same
year, Canada reported 190. That's over 5 times a higher rate in the US.

* Around 32,000 people have been shot in America so far this year.

* 300 Americans are shot, on average, every day.

* For adults, keeping a gun in the home quadruples the risk of dying of an
accidental gunshot wound.

* In 2008, 17,215 people in the U.S. were wounded in unintentional shootings
but survived.

* For kids ages up to four years old, the mortality rate is 17 times higher
in states with high number of guns, versus states with a low number of
firearms.

* 33% of U.S. households contain a gun, and half reportedly don't lock up
their weapons.

* A gun in the home is four times more likely to be used in an unintentional
shooting than to be used to injure or kill in self-defense.