This study demonstrated that black and white men were most impacted by firearm deaths, and that firearm homicide and suicide rates increased between 2019 and 2020 for nearly all racial groups. The authors suggest that prevention efforts should focus on specific demographic factors and articulate the urgency to mitigate firearm-related deaths in the US.

This study found a recent spike in firearm homicide death rates between 2019 and 2020, particularly affecting men and the black population. A national priority in dismantling structural racism is important to address disparities in firearm violence as indicated by our study. Disparities within the population were striking. Black men were 30 to 50 times more likely than white women to die from homicide by firearm. The authors suggest that only changes in social organization, coupled with reductions in available firearms, might have an effect on the rates of suicide and homicide.

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