Newly released statistics by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention point to a sharp rise in 2020 gun homicides that disproportionately affected the nation’s poorest areas and Black communities — affirming what St. Louisans were able to see with their own eyes that year. It might also come as no surprise that Missouri, with some of the nation’s most firearm-friendly laws, ranked fourth in the country for the rate of gun homicides in 2020. As long as the morally bankrupt National Rifle Association continues to dominate the campaign funding that bends national and state lawmakers — parti…
