(ANSA) – NEW YORK, MAY 11 – Boom of homicides with firearms in the United States: in 2020 the number was the highest in the last 25 years according to data from the CDC (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Between 2019 and 2020 – according to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report – the overall rate of homicides with firearms increased by about 35%.
In the report, the researchers explained that “the Covid pandemic may have exacerbated existing social and economic stressors that increase the risk of homicide and suicide, particularly among some racial and ethnic communities.” “The increase in the rates of homicides and suicides with firearms, with growth among populations already at high risk, have widened the disparities and increased the urgency of actions that can have immediate and lasting benefits”, the dossier reads again. . In 2020, 79% of all homicides and 53% of all suicides involved firearms according to the CDC, a slightly higher figure than in the previous five years. (HANDLE).
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