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COVID-19 does not stop gun attacks: 2020, the death toll from gun violence

Sellers expect an increase in arms sales during 2021

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Pamela Cruz. Pen sula 360 Press [P360P].

Following the mass shooting in Atlanta last week that left six Asian women dead, the issue of gun regulation in the US has been revived, with distributors and retailers predicting that sales of these items will exceed those of 2020, which became the deadliest in days due to gun violence.

According to the Gun Violence Archive, 43,535 firearm-related deaths were recorded in the country. Of these, 19,379 were homicide, murder or unintentional, while 24,156 were suicides.

The report, published on March 24, details that, during the past year, in which the COVID-19 pandemic began, 611 mass shootings and 21 mass murders were reported.

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