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Available sources consistently show that Black Americans experience much higher rates of gun homicide and gun-related victimization than non‑Hispanic white Americans—for example, analyses report Black...
Researchers and trackers disagree on whether gang-related "gang bang" shootings are counted as mass shootings: some major datasets exclude gang- or felony-motivated incidents while others include them...
Research is mixed but leans toward stricter gun regulations being associated with lower firearm deaths and some reductions in violent crime in many studies; authoritative reviews (RAND, Johns Hopkins)...
The U.S. experiences roughly 46,000–47,000 firearm deaths annually in recent years, which translates to about 13–14 gun deaths per 100,000 people on a national, per‑capita basis (13.7 per 100,000 in 2...
The sharpest available analyses show that Washington, D.C. had the highest age‑adjusted firearm homicide rate in recent comparative data (about 14.4 per 100,000), while Wyoming led the nation in firea...
A complete, per-capita accounting of gun-related deaths exists in international datasets but cannot be sensibly printed in full here; authoritative compilations include the UNODC-derived Our World in ...
Statista’s 2024 state ranking lists Mississippi as having the highest gun‑violence rate per 100,000 residents (29.7), followed by Louisiana (28.2); Statista’s summary also lists New Mexico, Alabama an...
Two provided analyses do not present a direct, numerical comparison of gun ownership between Democrats and Republicans; they focus instead on partisan differences in support for gun-control policies a...
Available sources show a range of totals for 2024 U.S. firearm deaths (roughly 31,000–45,000 depending on dataset and whether suicides are included) and consistently report that the majority of firear...
Available international rankings show several small, high‑income countries with extremely low firearm death rates; among countries commonly cited for the lowest gun‑death rates are Singapore and sever...
Proud Boys members have been tied to a wide range of violent incidents, civil judgments and criminal convictions — most prominently convictions for seditious conspiracy and related crimes for roles in...
Available reporting and advocacy data show transgender people in the U.S. experience disproportionately high rates of some forms of violence — especially intimate-partner abuse, hate-motivated inciden...
In 2024 firearm homicides were concentrated among young men of color — especially Black males aged roughly 15–34, who accounted for a disproportionately large share of victims — while firearm suicides...
Available data and reporting indicate that a large share of U.S. mass shooters obtained their guns legally or were not prohibited from buying firearms: studies and databases note that "most" mass shoo...
Recent reporting shows different age groups lead different forms of U.S. gun deaths: young people (roughly ages 1–19 or 15–34 depending on the measure) account for a large share of firearm homicides a...
States governed by Democratic majorities generally have —including universal background checks, permitting regimes, assault-weapons restrictions, and broader use of extreme risk (red flag) laws—while ...
Firearm homicides fell notably in 2024 as part of a multi-year decline, but the composition of those killings still shows concentrated contributors: intimate‑partner and domestic‑context killings rema...
Multiple major reviews and advocacy scorecards conclude that stricter state gun laws are associated with lower gun death rates and that specific policies—like background checks, secure-storage/child-a...
Conservative-leaning states that consistently appear among the highest in per-capita gun death rates include Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, New Mexico and Alaska; the Violence Policy Center and CDC ...
Available sources do not provide a single, universally accepted count of “mass shootings” between Donald Trump’s inauguration (Jan 20, 2017) and Jan 20, 2021; different organizations and outlets use d...