Responsible Texans.
Reasonable solutions.
We envision a future free of gun violence, by Texans for Texas.
OUR MISSION IS TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE AND OTHER GUN TRAGEDIES IN TEXAS THROUGH EDUCATION, PARTNERSHIPS, AND POLICY CHANGE.
By the Numbers
$51.3 billion
The annual cost of gun violence in Texas.
In Texas,
73.4%
of female intimate partner homicide victims are killed by gun.
At least
63.3%
of gun deaths in Texas each year are due to suicide.
Almost
80%
of suicides by Texas veterans are with a firearm.
Nearly
4,500
Texans are shot and killed each year by firearm.
Someone dies by firearm every
12 Minutes
in the United States
Black Americans are
12x
more likely to die by gun homicide than their white counterparts.
Texas has the
26th highest
rate of gun homicides & gun assaults in the U.S.
If you are in crisis, call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.