New York, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- The latest data from the WEBSITE OF THE US NONPROFIT "Gun Violence Files" shows that in the past 2021, there were 691 cases of vicious gun violence in the United States that killed and injured more than 4 people, setting a record for the highest record since the website began tracking gun violence cases in the United States in 2013.
This is a white vase of flowers taken in Battery Park, New York, on October 8 to mourn the victims of gun violence. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Ying
As of December 31, 2021, a total of 44,750 people died of gun violence in the United States in 2021, of which 20,660 died of homicide, 24,090 died of suicide, and 1,533 of the dead were teenagers and children aged 17 and under; in the same period, 40,359 people were injured in gun violence, of which 4,107 were aged 17 and under. These data are the highest records since the website has data records.
In Chicago, the third-largest city in the United States, where gun violence is frequent, more than 800 people died in 2021 in gun-related cases, a record high in more than 20 years; in the second-largest city, Los Angeles, the number is close to 400, the highest in 15 years.
CNN recently reported in a homicide analysis of more than 40 of the country's most populous cities that two-thirds of these cities will have more homicides in 2021 than in 2020, with at least 9 of them having the highest number of homicides. In Philadelphia, for example, statistics show that as of December 29, 2021, the city had a total of 557 homicide deaths in 2021, the highest since 1960.
According to FBI estimates, about 17 million firearms were sold in the united States in the first 11 months of 2021. According to another survey, the number of gun owners in the United States is currently about 81.4 million, accounting for about one-third of its adult population. The United States is the country with the largest number of guns in the world, guns are rampant, and gun violence has become a chronic disease of American society.
Source: Xinhua News Agency
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