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2023-06-16 14:32:05 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CE77C21AD3F62ADC43EE092CBB1E23181BE65BB6D0FFCFE49030300FC64F549F
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The current trend of increasing homicides and suicides in the US pre-dates covid. There is no evidence to support claims these trends are related to covid health measures, but several studies support that this uniquely American problem is linked to poor gun control laws. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/firearms-research/guns-and-death/
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