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Gun deaths reached the highest level ever recorded in the United States in 2020, the first year of the pandemic, as gun-related homicides surged by 35%, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday.
The report highlighted troubling racial, ethnic, and class disparities. Black people saw the largest increase in firearm homicides, at 39%.
Soaring rates were driven largely by gun-related homicides, which rose 35 percent from 2019 to 2020.
GUN deaths in the US surged to a record high in the first year of the pandemic with homicides rising by 35 percent, the CDC has reported.Shocking stat