'Trump vs Biden: Gun violence in Joe Biden's US sees a sharp escalation'

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'According to the Gun Violence Archive, the United States saw 44,868 gun deaths in Biden's first year as president.'

'The total number of murders, justifiable self-defence homicides, and accidental homicides involving firearms were 20,783 in 2021, compared to 15,727 in 2017 when Trump took office.
This means that in the past few years alone, gun violence has increased by 32 per cent.'

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'It is alarming to note, that there were 693 mass shootings in 2021, up from 348 in 2017. In addition, there were 1,060 deaths or injuries among children, compared to 724 in 2017.'

'As a candidate, the president pledged to end the epidemic of gun violence, but as our leader in the White House, he has simply tinkered at the edges, rather than coordinating a whole-of-government response that treats this crisis like the emergency that it is."

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