A new study has found that fatalities from gun violence in the U.S. have increased over time, with more victims dying at the scene of a shooting before they can be transferred to medical treatment facilities.
Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, examined gun violence incidents from 1999 to 2021, including firearm deaths due to assaults, unintentional injuries and unknown intent.
The types of guns used in shootings also appeared to contribute to the increase, researchers found. A doctor who works at a hospital which treated victims of last week's Nashville school shooting, in which six people were killed,that many shooting victims are not making it to hospitals before succumbing to their injuries due to the types of guns used.
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