The US firearm mortality rate was 5x that of the nearest high-income countries in 2019 [0]. The US had 120 firearms per 100 people in 2018 with 80% of all homic

The US firearm mortality rate was 5x that of the nearest high-income countries in 2019 [0]. The US had 120 firearms per 100 people in 2018 with 80% of all homicides being gun-related [1]. Those statistics may not be wholly attributable to differences in gun laws but it seems a stretch to suggest they're unrelated. [0] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/us-midst-public-health-crisis-gun-violence-the-commonwealth-fund-ydc5c/?trackingId=8XRrLGIYSE6JYg7RXAON9Q%3D%3D https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/us-midst-public-health-crisis... [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41488081 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41488081