93%
93 percent of American voters support requiring background checks on all gun sales, including 89 percent of Republicans and 89 percent of gun owners.
Everytown & Giffords Gun Safety Memo
Last updated: 3.25.2021
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Over the past 12 months, on average 42 people are people shot and killed or wounded in road rage shootings every month.
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64%
There were an estimated 22 million guns purchased in 2020, a 64 percent increase over 2019.
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85%
In a recent survey of 2,500 likely voters, 85 percent of respondents favored Congress passing an Extreme Risk law.
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82%
82 percent of traced guns with a short time-to-crime that crossed state lines came from states without background check laws.
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