The gunshots are now the leading cause of death from injuries in the United States and are ahead of car crashes for the first time in history, according to a new report.
Surgeons at Westchester Medical Center in New York have published a study that finds more than 1.4 million years of potential life lost each year because of weapons crime.
Car crashes were the biggest cause of death, while gun deaths skyrocketed between 2009 and 2018.
The report, published in the medical journal Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, found that firearms deaths increased by an average of 0.72 percent each year, culminating in 38,929 deaths in 2018.
Surgeons at Westchester Medical Center in New York have published research showing that more than 1.4 million years of potential life are lost each year to gun crimes.
Conversely, road accidents have decreased by 0.07% each year during this decade.
Suicides using weapons increased from 18,735 in 2009 to an astonishing 24,432 in 2018, while homicides with firearms rose from 11,493 to 13,958.
An eye-opening study found that white men committed suicide, accounting for 49 percent of all firearms deaths, and blacks killed 18 percent of blacks, according to a report seen by The times.
That comes just seven months after the United States recorded one shooting every 12 minutes in the week of July 17 last year.
Data from the non-profit organization Archive of gun violence reveals that more than 1,000 Americans were wounded or killed in shootings in the seven days between Saturday, July 17, and Friday, July 23.
Gun violence has rocked almost every state this week, with at least one gun incident reported in 47 states and the District of Columbia, according to ABC News’ analysis of BDS data.
Illinois recorded the most shootings with 109 incidents during the week.
An average of 123 people died every day in 2021 from gun violence, which puts the nation on track 45,000 deaths by the end of the year
A 14-year-old boy was killed in a shooting Wednesday and nine others were injured in two shootings in western Chicago.
Five people were shot in the first shot in the North Lawndale section with five more shot in the second shot three blocks less than five minutes later.
Gun violence hit Windy City in 2021, with crime figures in the city showing a nine percent jump in shooting so far compared to the same time last year and a 60 percent jump in 2019..
During the weekend of July 4 alone, 92 people were shot dead and 16 killed.
After Illinois, Texas recorded the highest number of shootings this week with 63 incidents, including a car shooting in Houston that killed one person and injured five others on Thursday night.
Pennsylvania was next with 59 shootings, including a shocking incident in which a one-year-old girl was shot dead at a grocery store in Philadelphia on July 17.
Shooting deaths have risen overall since 2014, from 33,804 in the same year to almost 44,000 in 2020.
And arms sales in the United States remain high with just under 19 million sold in 2021 – the second largest total in 20 years, according to a SafeHome study seen by fox.
And arms sales in the United States remain high with just under 19 million sold in 2021 – the second largest total in 20 years
The organization’s senior editor, Corey Colleton, said only eight states had no firearms incidents at school in 2021.
Although firearms sales fell 13% from 2020, they are still 40% higher than in 2019.
SafeHome said: “On a common and population-based basis, more people are buying weapons in almost every state.”
The organization’s senior editor, Corey Colleton, said only eight states had no firearms incidents at the school in 2021.
Global Security Group chief executive Dave Katz said the fears of suburban residents living near riots last summer may have prompted them to buy weapons for the first time.
Although firearms sales fell 13% from 2020, they are still 40% higher than in 2019.
Firearms deaths are highest in the southern United States. And in 2018, more than three million registered firearms were registered in the south, with Texas and Florida having the most.
The official number of weapons in circulation is based on those purchased legally, but the actual number is thought to be much higher.
The sudden surge in gun ownership also stems from the last months of Donald Trump’s presidency, when unrest shook the country – 23 million Americans bought guns in 2020, an annual increase of 64 percent.
Researchers from Pennsylvania Hershey State College of Medicine found a 30% increase in gun injuries and deaths during the pandemic compared to 2019.
In addition, 49 of the 50 states saw a surge in gun violence with only Alaska registered a decline in the first year of the pandemic.
The research team believes that the stressors caused by the pandemic and the increase in firearms purchases have caused a surge in violence that has hit the nation.
However, there may be other factors associated with the increase in violence.
Violent crime has escalated in a number of major US cities, such as New York, Chicago and Minneapolis, since the beginning of the pandemic, with the nationwide homicide rate reaching its highest point since the mid-1990s.
Some law enforcement officials also said that the reduction in police presence after the Black Lives Matter and Defund the Police protests has led to an increase in crime.