Startling fact: It took almost $7 billion–and possibly more–to treat gunshot victims over nine years (read Gunshot Wounds Cost U.S. Hospitals Nearly $7 Billion Over 9 Years).
See also the Stanford study “Gun injuries cost Americans $730 million a year in hospital bills.” A related startling fact.
Translate the money into number of lives affected and that’s not just startling, it’s a national crisis.
And it begs the question, How much value do we put on human life?