States that have weakened their firearm permitting system have experienced a 13-15 percent increase in violent crime rates. | Everytown Research & Policy

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72,000

If all US states had the same gun suicide trend as states with the strongest gun laws, 72,000 fewer lives would have been taken by gun suicide over the past two decades.

20%

20 percent of violent hate crime victimizations from 2015 to 2019 were believed to be motivated by bias against sexual orientation.

60%

60 percent of violent hate crime victimizations from 2015 to 2019 were believed to be motivated by bias against race, ethnicity, or national origin.

>1,200

In 2022, there were 1,225 active hate and antigovernment extremist groups across the United States.

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