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What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S.
While the number of gun deaths in the U.S. fell for the second consecutive year in 2023, it remained among the highest annual totals on record.
www.pewresearch.org
Pew decided to run a guns article, for no particular reason. But comparing their CDC-sourced data to that from The Trace unequivocally demonstrates that more gun in the US have not lead to more gun deaths. Since the late 60s, the number of guns in the US has increased ~500%, while the number of gun suicides and gun murder goes up and down less than 5%.
As well, they note: ”Rifles – the category that includes guns sometimes referred to as “assault weapons” – were involved in 4% of firearm murders.”
