https://www.yahoo.com/gma/7-old-fatally-shot-gun-224600007.html "The shootings in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago came as all three cities have seen sharp increases in the numbers of shootings in 2021. In Chicago, at least 46 people were shot between 5 p.m. on Friday and Sunday afternoon, four of them fatally, according to the Chicago Police Department. According to police incident reports reviewed by ABC News, 23 of the shootings occurred over just a 4 hour period between 12:26 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. on Sunday. Three major U.S. cities struggling to curb a surge in gun violence collectively had at least 64 people wounded and 12 dead, including a 7-year-old girl, in multiple shootings this weekend, according to police."
That's not surprising, since people spent most of 2020 indoors. It would be more interesting to see how 2021 or 2022 compare with 2018.
I'm sure what you say is part of the reason, but there is more to it. 2021 also had in the start a lot of people staying at homes and maybe ends this way as well.
