• sudoshakes
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    8 months ago

    In 2021, 8 out of 10 murders in the US were committed with a firearm.

    130 people die every day to a gun in the US every day in the same data set.

    In 2021, the states with the highest total rates of gun-related deaths – counting murders, suicides and all other categories tracked by the CDC – included Mississippi (33.9 per 100,000 people), Louisiana (29.1), New Mexico (27.8), Alabama (26.4) and Wyoming (26.1). The states with the lowest total rates included Massachusetts (3.4), Hawaii (4.8), New Jersey (5.2), New York (5.4) and Rhode Island (5.6).

    The top states are all red. The bottom states are all blue. Speaks to safety nets and education and welfare of citizens correlations as you stated.

    The FBI found an increase in active shooter incidents between 2000 and 2021.

    There were three such incidents in 2000.

    By 2021, that figure had increased to 61.