Letter: Gun supporters are trying to downplay death toll

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Letter: Gun supporters are trying to downplay death toll

What is Brian Brown trying to say? In last week’s letter he lists a number of causes of death and the total deaths from those causes, with statistics provided by the CDC for 2021 (not 2022 as he stated). Heart disease is at the top, at 695,547. He then states that gun-related deaths are at approximately 20,000 during the same period.

 

 


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