In 2024, there are around 500 million guns in America.
More than 81.4 million Americans are gun owners; the average owner possesses at least 5 firearms; and according to PRRI’s 2022 Social Networks Survey, 54% of white Evangelical Protestants, and 45% of white mainline Protestants, keep guns in their homes.

Simultaneously:

• firearms are now the leading cause of death for American Children and Teens;

• a young Native American commits suicide with a gun every six days;

•  Women in the US are 16 times more likely to be shot and killed than women in other developed nations;

• Black Americans are 10 times more likely than white Americans to die by gun homicide;

• each year, over 10,300 Jewish Americans, Asian Americans and other Victims of Hate Crimes are assaulted, threatened or intimidated by guns; and,

• LGBTQIA+ hate crimes are on the rise, with half of victims killed by firearms.

  Gun violence is a public health crisis, our most vulnerable are suffering, and thoughtful Christians across the country now sit at a crossroads.