In the United States, the number of gun deaths in 2017 is close to 40,000 a year.

According to CNN, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recorded a record high of nearly 40 years since 1979, when the total number of deaths caused by firearms and firearms totaled 39,773 in 2017, "The report said.

This means that 109 people die each day due to firearms.

The CDC says it has increased by 10,000 in about 20 years compared to 28,847 deaths in 1999.

There are 12 firearms per 100,000 population whose age is adjusted. In 1999, it also increased significantly compared to 10.3.

Last year, there were many big gunfire events such as the Las Vegas shooting that killed 58 people and the Texas church shooting.

Many of the shooting deaths are related to an incident that killed their own lives.

The CDC said 486 were deaths due to unintentional firearm accidents.

Former congressman Gabriel Gifford (Democratic Party of Arizona) who experienced the shootings in 2011 said, "A warning about gun violence calls for action."

The National Firearms Association (NRA), however, argued for gun fire statistics that "firearms regulation is not the answer to reducing firearms deaths."

The NRA said on Twitter, "Do not portray us as more demons, instead find solutions to save lives."

(yunhap news)