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We attempt to pin down a central — yet elusive — data point in the conversation around gun violence.
Data
Decades of data on statewide gun ownership and violence show sales spiked during the pandemic, and again after the mass shooting in Uvalde.
Gun Theft
‘People want to arm up and protect themselves from the looters.’
The Business of Guns
Remington has laid off more than 100 employees in the last month. One executive said the company was “expecting a different political climate.”
Year in Review
Fear is a killer salesman.
Election 2016
At Top Guns in Terre Haute, Indiana, customers are “purchasing items they’re hoping will be grandfathered in,” the store’s manager said.
Is it possible America has reached peak gun?
Background Checks
The FBI performed more than 2.5 million of them.
As President Obama moves to incrementally expand background checks, private firearms deals are going strong on the social web.
A post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza capped back-to-back record-breaking months for background check requests.
