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More than 60 percent of known trans homicide victims who were killed with a gun were Black women.
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, Transgender Homicide Tracker, 2017–2023.
Last updated: 5.9.2024
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Nearly three-quarters of trafficked guns are recovered in crimes in the same state where they were purchased.
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Nearly twice as many Glocks were recovered at crime scenes in 2024 as guns made by the second-most common manufacturer.
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Of the over 1.7 million crime guns traced from 2019 to 2023, 50 percent were used in a crime within just three years of their initial retail sale.
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$695M
Trafficked firearms are big business. Everytown estimates that between 2017 and 2023, gun dealers earned approximately $695 million from sales of trafficked firearms.
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