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Gun violence soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study finds – but the reasons why are complex

  • Written by Paddy Ssentongo, Assistant Research Professor of Neural Engineering, Penn State
Gun violence soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study finds – but the reasons why are complexGun violence spiked in more than half of all U.S. states in the first 13 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty ImagesGun violence soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study finds – but the reasons why are complexCC BY-ND

In a new study, we found that the overall U.S. gun violence rate rose by 30% during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the year before. In 28 states, the rates were...

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