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Gun Culture in US: During 2020, 79 percent of the murders in America have been done by guns. This is the most frightening figure ever since 1986.
Gun Culture in US: An insane assailant opened fire at a primary school in Texas, USA.Firing in Texas) by killing 23 people. It also includes 3 teachers and 19 innocent students. 18-year-old attacker Salvador Ramos (Salvador Ramos) has been killed by the police. piled up. After this incident, the US government has declared national mourning. This is not the first incident of cynicism and shootings in America. Earlier in April, there was a shooting incident at a railway station in New York, in which many people were injured. Such incidents keep happening there every day. You may be surprised to know that within 50 years, 1.5 million people have lost their lives in such incidents in America.
According to a BBC report, between 1968 and 2017, about 1.5 million people have died in shootings in America. Inexplicably, the gun caused the death of 1.5 million people. In America, there was a war of independence in 1775 and in all the battles that have taken place since then, this figure is more than the number of soldiers who died in each battle.
The figures are horrifying
According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC), in the year 2020, more than 45,000 people have been killed by guns in America. These also include suicides. According to the data, 54 percent of these deaths i.e. 24,300 were suicides. Now take a look at some more figures.
- During 2020, 79 percent of all murders in America were done by guns. This is the most frightening figure ever since 1986.
- According to the Pew Research Center, there has been a 34 percent increase in such cases in 2020. A total of 14,400 cases of murder were reported in the US during the year 2019.
- According to an online US data base ‘Gun Violence Archive’, about 513 people have died in incidents of mass shootings in 2020.
- According to a study done in 2016, people have a big role in the incidents of suicides in America.
- Earlier in the year 1993, 18,253 people had died in gun-related incidents.
- Weapons-related incidents have increased by 49 per cent in the last 5 years, while within 10 years there has been an increase of 75 per cent.
Gun trade is very common in America
Gun culture is common in America. Keeping arms is included in the constitutional rights of the common man here. This is the reason why incidents of firing keep happening every day. Incidents of violence caused by guns in America are extremely high. Keeping a gun nearby is common in America and equally common is the arms trade there. In the year 2020, 13.6 out of every one lakh American people died due to guns. This is the largest figure since the 1990s.
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