Access to a gun doubles the risk of death by homicide.

3 in 4

Three in four Americans oppose allowing people to carry concealed guns without a permit, including a majority of gun owners and Republicans.

27%

States that removed concealed carry permit requirements between 1999 and 2021 saw, on average, a 27 percent increase in gun homicides within three years of the change—the US as a whole saw less than half that increase.

32%

States that abandoned strong concealed carry permitting systems—including those with live firearm training requirements—for permitless carry from 1981 to 2019 saw an average 32 percent increase in gun assaults.

6M

Nearly 6 million women reported having a gun used on them by an intimate partner.