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An estimated 73 million guns were sold in the US from 2020 to 2023—a 29 percent increase compared to the previous four years.

Source: Daniel Nass and Champe Barton, “How Many Guns Did Americans Buy Last Month? We’re Tracking the Sales Boom,” The Trace, August 2, 2024, https://www.thetrace.org/2020/08/gun-sales-estimates/. Percent change in estimated gun sales 2020–2023 vs. 2016–2019.

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