16 Charts That Show the Shocking Cost of Gun Violence in America

[Novara]

16 Charts That Show the Shocking Cost of Gun Violence in America - Mother Jones

THE DATA BELOW is the result of a joint investigation by Mother Jones and Ted Miller, an economist at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. Based on Miller's work identifying and quantifying the societal impacts of gun violence, the annual price tag comes to at least $229 billion a year (based on 2012 data). That includes $8.6 billion in direct spending—from emergency care and other medical expenses to court and prison costs—as well as $221 billion in less tangible "indirect" costs, which include impacts on productivity and quality of life for victims and their communities. (See the rest of our special investigation here.)

Charts are in the link: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/04/charts-show-cost-price-gun-violence-america

[Ilsa]

1. I don't understand the third graphic, but

but this one seems clear:

[flamin lib]

2. Thanks for the link, this can be useful.

Putting a $ figure on gun violence is an approach I haven't seen before although it is routinely used in civil cases when figuring actual damages.

In any case that's a lot of money.