22M An estimated 22 million guns were purchased in 2020, a 64 percent increase over 2019. Daniel Nass and Champe Barton, “How Many Guns Did Americans Buy Last Month? We’re Tracking the Sales Boom,” The Trace, February 1, 2022. Last updated: 2.19.2022 Share
6x Compared to nonparticipants, HVIP participants in Baltimore were six times less likely to be hospitalized for another violent injury two years post–program completion. stat