4.6M 4.6 million children in the US live in a home with at least one unlocked and loaded firearm. Matthew Miller and Deborah Azrael, “Firearm Storage in US Households with Children: Findings from the 2021 National Firearm Survey,” JAMA Network Open 5, no. 2 (2022): e2148823. Last updated: 3.11.2022 Share
23–45% Florida’s Shoot First law was associated with a 45 percent increase in monthly firearm homicide rates among white residents and a 23 percent increase among Black residents. stat
3 in 5 Roughly three out of every five people in Florida claiming Shoot First had prior arrests before killing someone and invoking the law, with about one-third of these defendants having previously been arrested for serious crimes like assault and robbery. stat
27% States that were permitless in 2022 had 27 percent more deaths and injuries in road rage incidents involving a gun than states that required a permit but did not give law enforcement broad authority to deny an application. stat