U.S. trapped in vicious cycle of gun violence: article

NEW YORK, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Gun sales surged during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States because decades of propaganda caused people to think they needed them to be "safe," but in reality, having a gun in the house increases your chances of injury or death, said an article published on the website of U.S. news portal Salon on Monday.

"More guns lead to more violence," said the article by Amanda Marcotte, a senior politics writer at Salon, adding that research showed that was especially true of this gun buying surge, as the percentage of newly purchased guns being used in crime surged.