One-fifth of U.S. households purchased guns during the pandemic, a national arming that exposed more than 15 million Americans to firearms in the home for the first time, academic studies show. Americans purchased nearly 60 million guns between 2020 and 2022, according to an analysis by The Trace,
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The program, Communities That Care, was linked to a significant drop in carrying of weapons, but whether that also means fewer injuries and deaths remains to be seen, researchers said.
More gunshot victims are dying at the scenes of shootings, and fewer make it to hospital, thanks in part to deadlier weapons causing more damage when they tear through flesh and bone.