More people died from firearm injuries in the United States last year than in any other year since at least 1968, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was the third consecutive year that the rate of firearm deaths rose in the United States, after remaining relatively steady throughout the 2000s and the first part of this decade. There were 39,773 gun deaths in 2017, up by more than 1,000 from the year before. By this measure, last year had the highest rate of firearm deaths since the mid-1990s, the data showed. When adjusted for population size, the rate of gun deaths in 2017 also increased slightly to 12 deaths for every 100,000 people, up from 11.8 per 100,000 in 2016. It was the largest yearly total on record in the C.D.C.’s electronic database, which goes back 50 years, and reflects the sheer number of lives lost.
The recent increase of firearm deaths can be related to the Ku Klux Klan outbreak. The KKK is a well known hate crime group biased towards African Americans, making them suffer by being tortured leading to a slow, painful death. With this recent firearm epidemic, our nation will continue to suffer from the multiple casualties of innocent people if these attacks remain consistent.
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