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Three Questions about Firearm Deaths: Key Patterns from a Decade of Data
Firearm deaths increased sharply over the past decade, rising from 92 deaths per day to 132 deaths per day from 2012 to 2022. During that time, firearms surpassed motor vehicle accidents to become the leading cause of death for young adults in 2015, and …