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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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Recoveries of ghost guns nearly tripled from 2020 to 2021.
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The number of trafficked guns increased 48 percent from 2020 to 2021.
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Of the over 1.4 million crime guns traced from 2017 to 2021, more than 45 percent were used in a crime within just three years of their initial retail sale.
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On average, over 1.5 times more Glocks were recovered than the second-leading manufacturer across the collected data.
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