Dear MEL Topic Readers,
America’s gun epidemic is deadlier than ever,
In the US, during the difficult time of the Covid pandemic between 2019
and 2021, the gun homicide rate increased by 45% while homicide by other means
grew by just 6%. In fact, gun homicides have been on the rise in the US in the
last few decades. Rates of firearm homicide for both men and women nearly
doubled between 2014 and 2021. Men are killed by guns five times more than
women last year. There are also significant racial disparities in gun homicides
as Black and Hispanic men have been killed much more than those of White. Another
disparity lies in the context of the neighborhood. As you can imagine, there were
more gun crimes in the neighborhood where there are vacancies and unused spaces,
or poor or deserted neighborhoods where the Covid pandemic hit the hardest. Since
guns are legally available and carriable, and economically affordable for most
people in the US, they can be used as deadly weapons.
Read the article and learn about the increasing number of deaths by
guns in the US.
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