This is the number of people killed by Stephen Paddock in Las Vegas in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171004000846im_/http://www.smh.com.au/cqstatic/12z7v7/0310vegasVictims729px.png)
It was more than the total number of gun-related deaths in Australia in all of 2016, excluding self harm.
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171004000846im_/http://www.smh.com.au/cqstatic/12z7v7/0310australianToll729px.png)
Here's how many gun-related deaths there have been in the US so far in 2017, also excluding self harm.
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171004000846im_/http://www.smh.com.au/cqstatic/12z7v7/0310USdeathToll729px.png)
It's worth pointing out that self harm is actually the number one category of gun-related deaths, in both the US and Australia. So the total figure of gun deaths is much higher.