More than 300 young people — including small children — have died from gunshots in Minnesota since the year 2000.

Add the adults killed by gunfire, and the numbers reveal a bloody routine: On average, one Minnesotan dies every day by firearms while another suffers injuries.

Even in relatively peaceful Minnesota, more than 3,600 people died from gun-related homicides, suicides and accidents between 2000 and 2010, according to estimates by the Minnesota Department of Health. Firearms are the state’s second leading cause of traumatic brain injury deaths, officials said in a comprehensive health report.

Tallying gun deaths: one Minnesotan killed every day by firearms minnpo.st/Wu7Fks by @jeffhargarten

— MinnPost (@MinnPost) January 8, 2013