Contemporary Mexican society experiences gun homicide at a higher rate than many other nations.

The United Kingdom has one of the lowest rates of gun homicides in the world.

One result is that Boston has not had one juvenile victim of a gun homicide this year.

In the United States, an average of 44 people are shot to death each day - in all, more than 16,000 gun homicides a year.

Since 1983 gun homicides by juveniles have nearly tripled, while homicides involving other weapons have actually declined.

The study also found that women were significantly more likely than men to be victims of gun homicides.

His grandstanding amendment would make every gun homicide a Federal offense, punishable by death even in states with no death penalty.

The U.S. ranks 28 in the world for gun homicides per capita.

In Philadelphia, the percentage of those killed in gun homicides that had prior criminal records increased from 73% in 1985 to 93% in 1996.

And they feed one of the highest rates of gun homicide anywhere in the world.