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Since its invention in 1831 by Samuel Colt of Hartford, Connecticut, the revolver has established itself as an iconic American firearm. Though revolvers have been all but replaced by modern...
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Over 40% of adults in the United States live in a household with at least one firearm, and, according to a recent Pew Research Center study, the vast majority of them have a gun for at least one of...
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Consumer demand for handguns is surging in the United States. According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, American gunmakers produced nearly 21.4 million pistols and...
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Pistols, particularly semi-automatic handguns, have surged in popularity with American gun owners in recent years. According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the number of...
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Every year in the United States, hundreds of thousands of firearms are stolen from private citizens. These include guns illegally taken from residential properties, motor vehicles, and directly from...
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America is the only country where there are more guns than people — as of 2022, the US has 121 guns for every 100 citizens. Gun-related violence has also increased, with more people dying of...
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Gun ownership has been a constitutional right in the United States since 1791. Now, over two centuries later, firearms are a fixture in American culture — and in recent years a growing share of the...
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Gun ownership is a constitutional right in the United States — and, whether for sport shooting, hunting, collecting, or personal safety, it is a right that millions of Americans choose to exercise....
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The United States has a gun culture like nowhere else in the world. Home to 333.3 million people and well over 400 million civilian-owned firearms, the U.S. is the only country with more guns than...
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In recent years, a flurry of state-level legislation has greatly expanded gun rights in much of the country. In 29 states, it is now legal, or soon will be, to carry a concealed firearm in public...
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