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20 Percent of Americans Have Lost a Family Member to Gun Violence: Poll

Rolling Stone: “A majority of adults have personally experienced or have a family member who has experienced a gun-related incident. Gun violence is rampant in the United States, and a new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation sheds light on the toll the nation’s addiction to firearms is taking on American families. The poll found that a majority of adults have personally experienced or have a family member who has experienced a gun-related incident — meaning they have either been threatened with a gun, witnessed someone being injured by a gun, been injured by a gun, or been killed by a gun. One in five American adults has a family member who has been killed by a gun, including death by suicide. The poll also found that gun violence disproportionately affects people of color, with twice as many Black Americans (34 percent) saying they have a family member who has died from gun violence, than white Americans (17 percent.). Sixty-two percent of both Black and Hispanic adults say gun-related activity is a major concern or constant threat, compared to 45 percent for white Americans. Over half of all adults say gun violence is a “constant threat” in their local community, with 84 percent saying they have taken at least one precaution to protect themselves or their families from gun violence…”

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