https://everytownresearch.org/report/the-economic-cost-of-gun-violence/
While the United States economy has begun to rebound from the pandemic-induced recession of 2020 and 2021, the impacts of its unprecedented economic uncertainty are still evident. The pandemic has showcased the fragile, precarious state of public services, as every level of government strained to maintain basic government services, including schooling, public transportation and road systems, and critical hospital, fire, police, and sanitation functions. However, the government’s ability to make long-term, critical investments to ensure the future stability of these vital services is hindered by the cost of the nation’s gun violence epidemic. Our federal, state, and local governments are spending a combined average of $34.8 million each day to deal with the aftermath of gun violence across the country. The total annual bill for taxpayers, survivors, families, employers, and communities is $280 billion. The price associated with collective inaction to prevent gun violence is not just a loss of human life, but the loss of the potential to invest in vital public services that directly correlate to a stronger economy and greater quality of life for Americans.
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