78k
The nearly 78,000 gun dealers in the US in 2022 were regulated by laws written in the 1960s.
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, “Inside the Gun Shop: Firearms Dealers and their Impact,” 2023.
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>50%
Over half of shooters on college and university campuses were unaffiliated with the school.
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+20%
Over the last decade, campus shootings increased by an average of 20 percent year-over-year.
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+900%
A study of crime gun recoveries in 20 US cities found that law enforcement recoveries of 3D-printed guns increased from 32 in 2020 to 325 in 2024—a 916 percent increase.
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-25–29%
In Baltimore, after Maryland passed ghost gun regulations in 2022, recoveries of ghost guns manufactured by Polymer80 dropped by 25 percent in 2023 and again by 29 percent in 2024.
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