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One of only three countries where gun ownership is a constitutional right, the U.S. has some of the most permissive gun control laws in the world. Beyond restricting fully-automatic weapons and...
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The number of reported homicides in the U.S. surged by a record-breaking 30% in 2020, topping 20,000 for the first time since 1995. When incidents of deadly violence jump, there is rarely only one...
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The number of reported homicides in the U.S. surged by a record-breaking 30% in 2020, topping 20,000 for the first time since 1995. When incidents of deadly violence jump, there is rarely only one...
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A total of 44,470 Americans were killed by a firearm in 2022 — down from 45,153 in 2021. The modest reduction in deadly gun violence marked the only year-over-year decline since 2019, according to...
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The number of reported homicides in the U.S. surged by a record-breaking 30% in 2020, topping 20,000 for the first time since 1995. When incidents of deadly violence jump, there is rarely only one...
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The number of reported homicides in the U.S. surged by a record-breaking 30% in 2020, topping 20,000 for the first time since 1995. When incidents of deadly violence jump, there is rarely only one...
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The number of reported homicides in the U.S. surged by a record-breaking 30% in 2020, topping 20,000 for the first time since 1995. When incidents of deadly violence jump, there is rarely only one...
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The U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to gun ownership, though it also grants state governments broad authority to establish the conditions under which firearms can be sold. To improve public...
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Most criminal cases in the United States are investigated and prosecuted at the state or local level. Federal involvement is typically reserved for the most serious offenses, including terrorism,...
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In more ways than one, 2020 was an inflection point for violent crime in the United States. That year, the number of reported homicides surged by a record-breaking 30%, topping 20,000 for the first...
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Between 1960 and 2020, the number of crimes reported to U.S. law enforcement agencies reached a peak of 14.9 million in 1991. The number fell to 7.72 million in 2020, slightly lower than the number...
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Gun sales have hit record highs in the United States in recent years. According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 36.6 million firearms were manufactured and sold in the...
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Firearm sales have hit historic highs in the U.S. in recent years. Since the start of the pandemic, tens of millions of new firearms have proliferated across the country — and over the same period,...
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