Just so we’re clear
During the year of most of a million pandemic deaths, 2020,
FBI statistics reported 17,813 homicides, a big increase from the 12k to 15k range of the past decade:
Shooting 13,663 77%
Knifing, cutting 1,739 10%
Weapon not stated 983 6%
Fists/feet/strangulation 733 4%
Clubbing, hammering 393 2%
Drugging, poisoning 129 1%
Burning, drowning,
exploding, any other 115 1%
Of the 13,663 murders known to be committed with a gun, homicides included 8,029 by handgun, 4,863 by firearm of unspecified type, 455 by rifle, 203 by shotgun, and 113 by “other” guns
https://crime-data-explorer.app.cloud.gov/pages/explorer/crime/shr
Firearms also caused 24,292 of the 45,979 deaths by suicide in 2020 (53%)
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/suicide.htm
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