<P> In a 2016 analysis by the Center for American Progress of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pennsylvania was ranked 30th for overall gun deaths, including fatalities due to related violence and suicide . Gun deaths increased between 2005 and 2014, with 13,781 people killed using a firearm . The state's rate of gun homicides was particularly higher for persons of color . </P> <P> From 2005 to 2014, 463 women in the state were murdered by their intimate partners . The gun murder rate of women by intimate partners during this period in Pennsylvania was 8% higher than the national average, and 56% of these murders were committed with a gun . </P> <P> In 2010 Pennsylvania had the fifth - highest rate of gun homicides among children and teens age 19 and under in the country . Almost three of every 100,000 children and teens in the state were murdered by guns . </P> <P> In a January 2013 poll by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, 95 percent of registered Pennsylvania voters polled supported "requiring background checks for all gun buyers," while 5 percent opposed . Among respondents in gun - owning households, 95 percent supported universal background checks, while 4 percent opposed . </P>

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