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Graylight · 51-55, F
Nearly eight-in-ten (79%) U.S. murders in 2020 – 19,384 out of 24,576 – involved a firearm. That marked the highest percentage since at least 1968, the earliest year for which the CDC has online record.
In 2020, handguns were involved in 59% of the 13,620 U.S. gun murders and non-negligent manslaughters for which data is available, according to the FBI.
Rifles – the category that includes guns sometimes referred to as “assault weapons” – were involved in 3% of firearm murders. Shotguns were involved in 1%.
So, firearms are used in suicides and murders. We know they can kill children. It's not just assault rifles but all firearms that are an issue and considered dangerous.
So yes, at least for now access to firearms should be heavily restricted until we figure out how to conductor cells like grown human beings and stop killing each other with all our freedom.
(Source: Pew Research)
In 2020, handguns were involved in 59% of the 13,620 U.S. gun murders and non-negligent manslaughters for which data is available, according to the FBI.
Rifles – the category that includes guns sometimes referred to as “assault weapons” – were involved in 3% of firearm murders. Shotguns were involved in 1%.
So, firearms are used in suicides and murders. We know they can kill children. It's not just assault rifles but all firearms that are an issue and considered dangerous.
So yes, at least for now access to firearms should be heavily restricted until we figure out how to conductor cells like grown human beings and stop killing each other with all our freedom.
(Source: Pew Research)
