Baltimore Police should be congratulated for taking steps to address gun violence ( “Baltimore Police make 21 arrests in homicide, shooting cases,” Oct. 14), but much more needs to be done.

According to data from the nonpartisan Gun Violence Archive and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. firearm mortality rate is about five times that of France, the next highest among rich nations, and 26 times that of peer developed countries.

To put these numbers in perspective: From October 2023 through October 2025, it is estimated that over 67,000 Palestinian combatants and civilians died in the Israel-Hamas war, mostly from aerial bombardment, while during that same span, the U.S. saw 90,000 to 100,000 firearm deaths, mostly suicides and homicides.

Handguns remain the

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