A rural doctor recounts his family’s story of gun violence
Every year, more than 600 American women are fatally shot by their intimate partners. That’s one domestic violence death nearly every 14 hours.
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Every year, more than 600 American women are fatally shot by their intimate partners. That’s one domestic violence death nearly every 14 hours.
In 2019, 470 people died because of gun violence in Minnesota. Those who died range from a 4-year-old boy who was shot unintentionally to a dozen Minnesotans in their 80s, all of whom died by
Every month, more than 52 American women are fatally shot by an intimate partner. Nearly two-thirds of all domestic violence–related mass shootings ended with a shooter killing themselves.
Most gun homicides happen in urban areas with high populations of people of color.
Firearm suicide is a public health crisis. More than 24,000 individuals in the United States died by firearm suicide in 2018.
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