Gun-Related Deaths Reached Record Levels in US in 2021: Report

Handguns and firearms are displayed during a statewide gun buyback event held by the office of the New York State Attorney General in the Brooklyn borough of New York on April 29, 2023. Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images

The United States saw gun deaths reach record levels in 2021, according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.

Firearm-related deaths soared during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and spiked again in the second year.