TITLE: Gun Violence Annual Cost: $12 billion (2013)
SOURCE: USA Today
AUTHOR:  Kelly Kennedy
LINK: http://www.freep.com/article/20130305/FEATURES01/130305010/Gun-violence-annual-cost-12-billion
BITLY WEB STATS: https://bitly.com/10FhJJO+

NOTE: Gunshot wounds and deaths cost Americans at least $12 billion a year in court proceedings, insurance costs and hospitalizations paid for by government health programs; (2) medical care for a fatal shooting averages >$28K