Claim: Says each year approximately 30,000 people in the United States die as a result of gunfire, and about 80,000 people are wounded.
Fact-check: Rep. Joyce Beatty says about 30,000 people die from gunfire each year in the U.S.
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Sabrina Eaton
Date published: 2013-02-08T00:00:00