Study: Firearm injuries cost nearly $1 billion annually between 2010-2015

By Kelly Cohen

Published January 30, 2019 5:41pm ET

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Study: Firearm injuries cost nearly $1 billion annually between 2010-2015 — Gun World salesman Alfred Ozga, right, talks with a customer at the sparse display of handguns available at the store on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 in Harrisville, Pa. President Barack Obama urged Congress Wednesday to require background checks for all gun sales and ban military-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines, contentious measures aimed at curbing gun violence in America. Ozga said he didn't think the ban on assault guns would work and that although the idea of a universal background check appears to be a good idea, he would not support it, seeing that as another infringement on constitutional rights. | (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

The average annual cost of inpatient hospitalizations for firearm injuries was more than $900 million between 2010 and 2015, according to a new study.

The new study was released by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers this month and also shows that short-term hospital re-admissions for gun injuries alone cost $86 million a year from 2010 through 2015.

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