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Last updated on: 8/7/2020 | Author: ProCon.org

42% of 2019 Mass Shootings Involved Illegal Guns

Posted on August 7, 2020 by ProCon.org

A Secret Service analysis found that of 24 mass shootings in 2019 at least 10 (42%) involved illegally possessed guns.

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