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May 14, 2024 · The footprint of gun violence in the U.S. has expanded, as shootings worsened in already suffering neighborhoods and killings spread to new places during the pandemic years.
Jan 12, 2022 · And while many Americans know that 2020 was a particularly bloody year—with homicides surging 29 percent, with 77 percent of them involving firearms—few realize that gun violence has been...
Jan 27, 2022 · The overall picture of violent crime in America right now is complicated. A new report by the Council on Criminal Justice tracks that. In 2021, the homicide rate rose by 5 percent, an increase...
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- Amna Nawaz,Tess Conciatori
May 26, 2022 · In 2021, nearly 21,000 people were killed by firearms (not including suicides), according to the Gun Violence Archive, an online database of U.S. gun violence incidents. That’s a 33 percent...
Oct 24, 2022 · Police departments across the US define violent crime in slightly different ways, but the data generally includes murder, robbery, assault and rape. In 2000, there were over 500 violent offences...
- Jake Horton
Dec 30, 2020 · This year, many Americans have experienced significantly higher levels of violence both wrought on and within their communities. Gun violence and gun crime has, in particular, risen...
Jan 18, 2022 · In 2020, murders in the United States spiked more than 27 percent — the largest percentage increase in at least six decades. Last year, murders went up again. Those murders resulted in the deaths...
