CNN: America’s gun epidemic is deadlier than ever, and there are vast disparities in who’s dying

A new study published Tuesday in JAMA Network Open analyzed firearm deaths over the past three decades – a total of more than 1 million lives lost since 1990. The researchers found that firearm mortality rates increased for most demographic groups in recent years – especially during the pandemic – and vast disparities persisted. [...]

Homicide rates among Black and Hispanic men were highest in the 20 to 24 age group. But for White men, the rate was highest in the 30 to 34 age group. When comparing these groups, the homicide rate was nearly four times higher among young Hispanic men compared with White men, and the homicide rate among young Black men was a staggering 22 times higher than among White men.

read more at https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/29/health/gun-deaths-disparities/index.html

(It's not clear how this is a "gun epidemic" as there aren't 22 times as many guns in 2022 as there were in 2018. It must be something else. -Ed.)