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Gun Ownership and Mass Shootings

The correlation between gun ownership rates and mass shooting incidents in the United States.

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Jan 12, 2026
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Gun related death per capita for all countries

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 ...

Feb 5, 2026

How have homicide victimization rates per 100,000 varied by race in the U.S. over the last 30 years?

Over the last three decades homicide victimization rates have fallen from the high levels of the early 1990s, but have remained large and persistent: Black and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) po...

Jan 26, 2026

What are the gun ownership rates in rural areas versus urban areas in the 2020 US census?

The Census did not collect data on individual or household gun ownership; instead, national surveys and research syntheses around 2020 consistently show that adults in rural communities report gun own...

Jan 22, 2026

How have gun violence trends changed over time in states that switched party control?

States that have changed party control show no single, uniform trajectory in ; broader patterns in the data suggest regional differences, the strength of state-level , and non‑legislative factors tend...

Jan 13, 2026

why are mass shootings more common in the US?

The United States experiences mass shootings at rates far above peer high‑income countries because of a unique combination of extraordinarily high civilian gun ownership and relatively permissive fire...

Jan 8, 2026

How do states with strict gun control laws compare to states with lax laws in terms of mass shooting incidents?

States with more permissive, “lax” gun laws consistently show higher rates of mass shootings and other firearm deaths than states with stricter laws, according to multiple time‑series and cross‑state ...