Between 2014 and 2019, an average of 38,826 Americans were killed by guns annually, according to the CDC.
wrought by COVID-19 and powered by the uniquely American affinity for and access to guns.
In Shea's New York City, there was a 100% increase in shootings in 2020 from the year prior. Accidental shootings, domestic violence, suicide, stray bullets and mass casualty all contributed to it, but Shea said the biggest drivers of gun violence are gangs.NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea attends media briefing on the Saturday Night Lights program, at Boys Club of New York on July 9, 2021 in New York City.
"The vast majority of what we see is still gang-related," Shea added."It could be over turf, it could be over drug money. Oftentimes, tragically, it's over nothing."
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