Question 21 of 24
How many guns are lying around the house?
Pick one to continue — the dead don't get to skip homework.
More guns than people
💀 A grim little fact
The United States is the only nation on Earth with more guns than humans — about 120.5 firearms per 100 people, nearly double runner-up Canada (34.7). In 2024, 44,447 Americans died by firearm — roughly one every 12 minutes — and most of those (27,593) were suicides.
Here's the bit the action movies skip: simply having an accessible gun at home is linked to about 2x the risk of homicide and 3.2x the risk of suicide for the people who live there. A Stanford study found handgun-owning men were 8x more likely to die by self-inflicted gunshot; women, more than 35x.
~120 guns per 100 Americans — the highest rate on Earth, by a mile.
🔮 Myth vs. Morty
Myth: "A gun in the house makes me safer." Statistically, the person most likely to be hurt by your home firearm isn't a masked intruder — it's you or someone you love, on a bad night or by accident. The heroic self-defense scenario is real but rare; the accidents and arguments are what quietly fill the data.
Morty adds, gently: if the dark nights have been winning lately, please talk to someone you trust or a professional. You're worth more than a number on a bat-covered website.
Sources: Small Arms Survey; Pew Research Center; Anglemyer et al., Annals of Internal Medicine; Stanford (2020) · Entertainment only — not medical advice.