We chose the year 2016 because it is the most recent year with data available from the CDC.
Our number, 37,000, includes both homicides and suicides.
Here is a link to CDC data on the Everytown For Gun Safety website:
https://everytownresearch.org/gun-violence-by-the-numbers/
We rounded down to 37,000 because it is much easier to say than 37,863. We chose the lower number rather than rounding up to 38,000 in order to not appear as if we are exaggerating the data. We will be working toward making a full 37,863 cranes.
