Unintentional shooting deaths by children increased by over 30 percent in March-May 2020, compared to the March-May average of the past three years. | Everytown Research & Policy

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Young Black men are 21 times more likely to be shot and killed by police than their white counterparts.

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Every nine hours, a young Black male dies by gun homicide in the U.S.

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Black children and teens are 10 times more likely to be hospitalized for a firearm injury than their white counterparts.

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Black Americans are 10 times more likely than white Americans to die by gun homicide.

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