Gun Culture Lets Self-Harm Fester in the Quiet Darkness of American Homes Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email More than 33,000 people are fatally shot in the U.S. each year, and about two-thirds of gun-related deaths come in the form of suicide. ( Peggy Fox / Getty ) Produced by Oliver Lazarus and Ellen Frankman Produced by PRI and WNYC