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Black children and teens are 17 times more likely than white children and teens of the same age to die by gun homicide.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. WONDER Online Database, Underlying Cause of Death. A yearly average was developed using four years of the most recent available data: 2018 to 2021. Ages 0 to 19. Black and white defined as non-Latinx origin. Homicide includes shootings by police.

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Police departments in the 16 largest US cities reported a nearly 150 percent increase in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans in 2020.

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Every seven hours, a Black boy or teenager dies by gun homicide in the United States

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From 2015 to 2022, the mass shootings in which four or more people were killed that involved a firearm equipped with a high-capacity magazine resulted in nearly 10 times as many people wounded per incident on average.

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From 2015 to 2022, the mass shootings in which four or more people were killed that involved a firearm equipped with a high-capacity magazine resulted in more than twice as many people killed per incident on average.

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