Study finds 30% spike in U.S. gun violence during COVID-19 pandemic


bigstock Judge s hammer gavel Justice 119332922(Worthy News) – The amount of gun violence in the United States was 30% higher during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to a period just before the virus took hold, according to a study published Thursday by Scientific Reports.

Nearly 93,000 gun violence events resulting in injury or death occurred between Feb. 1, 2019, and March 31 of this year, the data showed.

However, more than 51,000 of them occurred between March 1, 2020, and March 31 of this year, when the COVID-19 pandemic was raging across much of the country, the researchers said. [ Source: UPI (Read More…) ]

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