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Data from the ATF show that recoveries of firearms in calibers associated with assault weapons rose from about 18,000 in 2018 to nearly 30,000 in 2023—a 64 percent increase.

Everytown Research analysis of ATF, “Top Calibers Recovered and Traced in the United States and Territories,” 2018 and 2023 data, https://www.atf.gov/resource-center/data-statistics/firearms-trace-data-reports. Analysis includes total crime gun recoveries with .223 caliber, 5.56mm, and 7.62mm reported on the trace requests. Tannuja D. Rozario and Paige Tetens, “Assault Weapons and High-Capacity Magazines,” Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, June 24, 2026, https://everytownresearch.org/report/assault-weapons-and-high-capacity-magazines/.

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From 1990 to 2017, the use of high-capacity magazines in high-fatality shootings resulted in a 62 percent increase in the average death toll of mass shootings.

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If the federal ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines had remained in effect from 2005 through 2022, an estimated 38 public mass shootings could have been prevented.

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400%

Mass shootings involving at least one assault weapon or firearm equipped with a high-capacity magazine lead to 400 percent more victims.

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53%

In 2023, firearms made up 53% of nonveteran suicides

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