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what does gun violence cost?
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the survivors
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.)
See more of our special investigation:
What does gun violence really cost?
8 survivors tell their stories
Watch: The cost of gun violence, in 90 seconds
More about our methodology and data
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16 Charts That Show the Shocking Cost of Gun Violence in America
