Oklahoma ranks 5th in the nation for gun deaths according to new report
According to federal data from 2016, a newly-published report states that Oklahoma ranks fifth in the nation for gun deaths. 24/7 Wall St. just published a detailed report including homicides, accidental shootings, and suicides from 2016, all of which resulted in 38,658 gun-related deaths nationwide for 2016. The national rate for gun deaths per 100,000 people is 11.73 fatalities, yet Oklahoma showed 19.6 deaths per 100,000 residents. Data collected from both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which tracks […]