The CDC was not able to say exactly what caused the surge but believe the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic played a role.
President Joe Biden took aim at ghost guns during a speech announcing Steve Dettlebach as his nominee to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The president, who also called for assault weapons to be banned, announced new federal regulations being finalized that will come down on any manufacturer who makes the parts used for ghost gun kits.data compiled by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
More than 24,000 Americans killed themselves with firearms in the same year, a slight increase over the 23,888 Americans who died by suicide using a firearm in 2019. "Firearm homicide rates are consistently highest among males, adolescents and young adults, and non-Hispanic Black or African American and non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native persons; firearm suicide rates are highest among males, older adults, and non-Hispanic White and AI/AN persons," according to the health agency.
The largest increase occurred among AI/AN persons, resulting in the highest firearm suicide rate as of 2020 among this group, according to the CDC. FILE - The Gun Violence Memorial, which is composed of 40,000 flowers that represent the deaths from gun violence in the U.S. each year, is pictured on the mall as members of Congress conducted a news conference to highlight the importance of federalIn April, the CDC analyzed data from a group of researchers who published their findings in the New England Journal of Medicine and found thatThe information revealed there were more than 45,200 firearm-related deaths in the U.S.
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