Worse than you think.. “terrifying facts” about the gun chaos in America

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According to the newspaper "Washington Post"the accidents shooting It is not limited to what happened in the suburbs of Chicago, during a parade party on the occasion of Independence Day, when seven people were killed and dozens of others were injured, or in other violent incidents.

On the long weekend that coincided with the Independence Day holiday in the United States, a shooting incident killed one person and injured four others in front of a nightclub in Sacramento, California.

In Haltom City, Texas, a shooting killed two people, while four people were injured, including three policemen, while in Clinton, North Carolina, six people were injured as a result of shooting incidents.

The source stated that shooting incidents recur almost daily in cities andUS stateswhether on the streets, in restaurants, cafes and in front of bars.

And if the shooting incidents have increased, it is because Americans are more likely to buy weapons, until they reached record levels in 2020 and 2021.

Federal data indicates that United State More than 43 million guns were sold during the two years, that is, during the period in which the death toll from gun violence rose to the highest level recorded in the country since 1995.

The shooting incidents in the United States killed more than 45,000 people in 2020, then the same number of victims was recorded in the following year.

According to the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, guns are the tool by which most suicides are committed in the country, and they are also linked to the rise in homicides in the United States between 2018 and 2021.

There are no specific and clear reasons for the increase in violence and bloodshed in the United States, Alex Piquero, professor and researcher in criminology at the University of Miami in Florida, explains.

But the American academic says that the possible reasons for the increase in gun violence lie in people feeling exhausted by the Corona epidemic, as well as the tension in the relationship between the police and the public, then the deterioration of mental health, and the abundance of weapons in the United States.

When these factors come together, Becquero adds, it’s like putting a lot of things in a pressure cooker and then letting them react and waiting to explode.

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According to the Washington Post, incidents of shooting It is not limited to what happened in the suburbs of Chicago, during a parade party on the occasion of Independence Day, when seven people were killed and dozens of others were injured, or in other violent incidents.

On the long weekend that coincided with the Independence Day holiday in the United States, a shooting incident killed one person and injured four others in front of a nightclub in Sacramento, California.

In Haltom City, Texas, a shooting killed two people, while four people were injured, including three policemen, while in Clinton, North Carolina, six people were injured as a result of shooting incidents.

The source stated that shooting incidents recur almost daily in cities andUS stateswhether on the streets, in restaurants, cafes and in front of bars.

And if the shooting incidents have increased, it is because Americans are more likely to buy weapons, until they reached record levels in 2020 and 2021.

Federal data indicates that United State More than 43 million guns were sold during the two years, that is, during the period in which the death toll from gun violence rose to the highest level recorded in the country since 1995.

The shooting incidents in the United States killed more than 45,000 people in 2020, then the same number of victims was recorded in the following year.

According to the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, guns are the tool by which most suicides are committed in the country, and they are also linked to the rise in homicides in the United States between 2018 and 2021.

There are no specific and clear reasons for the increase in violence and bloodshed in the United States, Alex Piquero, professor and researcher in criminology at the University of Miami in Florida, explains.

But the American academic says that the possible reasons for the increase in gun violence lie in people feeling exhausted by the Corona epidemic, as well as the tension in the relationship between the police and the public, then the deterioration of mental health, and the abundance of weapons in the United States.

When these factors come together, Becquero adds, it’s like putting a lot of things in a pressure cooker and then letting them react and waiting to explode.

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