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Bookmark or Share- What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S.The record 48,830 total gun deaths in 2021 reflect a 23% increase since 2019, before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Gun murders, in particular, have climbed sharply during the pandemic, increasing 45% between 2019 and 2021, while the number of gun suicides rose 10% during that span.
- US gun deaths - USAFactsSELECT DATA. Firearm deaths include all deaths involving guns, such as homicide, suicide, and accidents. More people in the US die from suicide involving a firearm than homicides or accidents.In 2021, there were a total of 48,830 firearm deaths, an increase of 3,608 or 8% from 2020.
- Gun Violence in 2022, By the Numbers - The TraceIn 2021, there were 690 mass shootings, with 705 deaths and 2,828 injuries. Though the number of mass shootings (four or more shot) declined slightly, the number of mass murders (four or more people killed) increased by 30 percent, from 28 in 2021 to 36 in 2022). [Gun Violence Archive]
- Gun Violence by the Numbers in 2023The number of firearm deaths, excluding suicides, in 2023. Gun deaths, excluding suicides, fell for the second straight year, down 7 percent from 2022’s total of more than 20,000. The decline reverses a trend that peaked during the pandemic in 2021 when the United States suffered the most gun deaths on record.
- Gun deaths in U.S. hit their highest level ever in 2021, a new study ...Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images. Gun deaths in the United States reached an all-time high in 2021 for the second year in a row, with firearms violence the single leading cause of death...
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