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The average interval in between gun deaths in the U.S. in 2021, amounting to 48,830 Americans who lost their lives to gun violence during the year. The gun suicide rate increased 8.3 percent from 2020 and the gun homicide rate increased 7.6 percent from the year prior.

(NPR — June 6, 2023)


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