US firearms manufacturers flooded the commercial market with over 139 million guns in the last two decades, according to a new government report, as the country sees a surge in gun deaths
US racked up 19,350 firearm homicides in 2020, up nearly 35 percent over 2019, and 24,245 gun suicides, up 1.5 percent.
The report shows that while Americans have made favourites of semi-automatic assault rifles seen in many mass shootings, they have bought en masse the increasingly cheap, easy-to-use and accurate semi-automatic 9 mm pistols like those that most police now use. "This report is an important step in that direction. The Department will continue to gather the data necessary to tailor our approach to the most significant drivers of gun violence and take shooters off the streets."The report came out after a shocking weekend showed how the vast surplus of guns has made its mark on US society.
The US racked up 19,350 firearm homicides in 2020, up nearly 35 percent over 2019, and 24,245 gun suicides, up 1.5 percent. Of those sold in 2020, almost exactly half were pistols, doubling their share of the market since 2000: the year 2020 saw 5.5 million pistols, and nearly a million revolvers, enter circulation.
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