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What share of U.S. gun deaths are murders and what share are suicides?
Though they tend to get less public attention than gun-related murders, suicides have long accounted for the majority of U.S. gun deaths. In 2020, 54% of all gun-related deaths in the U.S. were suicides (24,292), while 43% were murders (19,384), according to the CDC. The remaining gun deaths that year were unintentional (535), involved law enforcement (611) or had undetermined circumstances (400).
Thirty thousand runners are converging on the city for Monday’s Boston Marathon, and spectators are expected to pack the bleachers and sidewalks along Boylston Street to cheer them on. Churches and synagogues are opening their doors for Easter and Passover services. Ramadan iftars — nightly fast-breaking meals — are continuing through the weekend. The Celtics start their playoff run Sunday, and the Red Sox are in the midst of their first homestand. Mother Nature appears prepared to cooperate, with spring temperatures and clear skies predicted for the race Monday.
It has been three years since a proper Marathon weekend. (Last October’s race was a scaled-back, COVID-conscious affair.) It is also the first time since the pandemic began that the city’s springtime rituals will occur with a majority of the population vaccinated. [emphasis added]
