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What other countries show us about America's gun violence epidemic

Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK This report is a part of "Rethinking Gun Violence," an ABC News series examining the level of gun violence in the U.S. and what can be done about it. The United States has a gun violence epidemic, and it's not one shared by its peers. The nation that by one estimate has more guns than people has the highest rate of firearm deaths compared with other high-income countries. Mass shootings, an all-too-common occurrence in the U.S., are also exceedingly rare in peer countries where governments have often been quick to pass gun reform in the wake of such tragedies. "Compared to the other peer countries, basically what we have is lots and lots of guns, particularly handguns, and we have by far the weakest gun laws. Not surprisingly, we have huge gun problems," David Hemenway, director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, told ABC News. "I think if we had basically the gun laws of any other developed country, we ....

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Covid deaths cause for caseload surge at Westmoreland coroner's office


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Westmoreland County Coroner Ken Bacha said a meteoric 21% increase in the office’s caseload last year was fueled by coronavirus death investigations.
The statistics detailing the sharp increase to 3,523 cases in 2020 compared to 2,906 cases in 2019 was included in Bacha’s annual report released Monday. Deputy Coroner Josh Zappone said last year’s caseload was the highest in office history.
Bacha said the spike in investigations “was definitely due to the number of covid-19 cases.”
Through Monday, Bacha’s office reported 440 confirmed deaths for 2020, based on the decedent’s place of death being in Westmoreland County. The state department of health, which reported 736 Westmoreland deaths as of Monday, bases its statistics on residential addresses rather than place of death. ....

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