Rate of U.S. Gun Deaths Shoots to 22-Year High
The Young Turks (www.tyt.com) reported this: Rate of U.S. Gun Deaths Shoots to 22-Year High It’s not a record to be proud of. The rate of U.S. gun deaths spiked to the highest level since 1996, driven by a steady rise in suicides involving firearms, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The Guardian reports. Some 39,773 people in the U.S. died at the point of a gun in 2017, according to the CDC’s Wonder database. That’s 12 deaths per 100,000 people, up from 10.1 in 2010 and the highest rate since 1996. Even more shocking, that […]