.....debate on gun control......
Guns make it easier to kill humans, than clubs or knives. Google who dies more from gun shootings.
.." Though they tend to get less public attention than gun-related murders,
suicides have long accounted for the majority of U.S. gun deaths.
In 2020, 54% of all gun-related deaths in the U.S. were suicides
(24,292), while 43% were murders (19,384), according to the CDC. The
remaining gun deaths that year were unintentional (535), involved law
enforcement (611) or had undetermined circumstances (400). ....
....What share of all murders and suicides in the U.S. involve a gun?
....Nearly eight-in-ten (79%) U.S. murders in 2020 – 19,384 out of 24,576
– involved a firearm. That marked the highest percentage since at least
1968, the earliest year for which the CDC has online records. A little
over half (53%) of all suicides in 2020 – 24,292 out of 45,979 –
involved a gun, a percentage that has generally remained stable in
recent years.
....How has the number of U.S. gun deaths changed over time?
.....The 45,222 total gun deaths in 2020 were by far the most on record,
representing a 14% increase from the year before, a 25% increase from
five years earlier and a 43% increase from a decade prior. "....
