Link: https://everytownresearch.org/report/the-economic-cost-of-gun-violence/
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- Taxpayers, survivors, families, and employers pay an average of $7.79 million daily in health care costs, including immediate and long-term medical and mental health care, plus patient transportation/ambulance costs related to gun violence, and lose an estimated $147.32 million per day related to work missed due to injury or death.
- American taxpayers pay $30.16 million every day in police and criminal justice costs for investigation, prosecution, and incarceration.
- Employers lose an average of $1.47 million on a daily basis in productivity, revenue, and costs required to recruit and train replacements for victims of gun violence.
- Society loses $1.34 billion daily in quality-of-life costs from the suffering and lost well-being of gun violence victims and their families.
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Publication Date: 19 July 2022
Publication Site: Everytown Research
