Pandemic gun violence surge was not linked to rise in gun sales, study finds [theguardian.com]
By Lois Beckett, The Guardian, July 9, 2021 Gun homicides surged across the United States during the coronavirus pandemic, in the same year that Americans bought a record-breaking number of guns . But some of America’s leading gun violence researchers have concluded that what might seem like an obvious cause-and-effect – a surge in gun buying leads to a surge in gun violence – is not supported by the data. Through July of last year, there was no clear association between the increase in...