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📉🇺🇸GUN DEATHS DROP 7% IN 2024 — MAJOR IMPROVEMENT FROM 2023 🔹 Total firearm fatalities decreased to 44,447 in 2024, saving 2,281 lives compared to 2023 📊 🔹 Gun homicides reduced 16-27% from 2021 peaks to 15,364 nationwide — 33 states still above 2019 baseline 💀 🔹 Gun suicides reached record high of 27,593 (57% of total) — up nearly 300 from previous year 😔 🔹 Mississippi leads nation at 29.4 deaths per 100k, Massachusetts lowest at 3.7 per 100k 📍 🔹 Police shootings reached 1,210 in 2024 with 95% by firearm — delinquencies remain above pre-pandemic 🚔 First positive trend we've seen in years 🙏✊ #gunviolence#crime#safety#America @america