Effects of Gun Violence

South Carolina Residents Are paying the price of gun violence in annual tax dollars

11/18/2019
 

A study by Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence reports run violence in South Carolina is costing taxpayers over $293 million a year.

As WMBF News reports;

Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a policy organization, researched the financial cost of gun violence throughout the country and uncovered the cost in South Carolina is more than $1.5 billion each year.

Of that total, the analysis reported $293 million comes at a direct cost to taxpayers. This number accounts for suicides, homicides, and accidental shootings that occur due to guns.


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