Report Highlights:

• There are at least 49 million households with firearms in the United States.
• 21 states have safe storage laws where a homeowner can be punished for having unsecured firearms in the home or if a prohibited person accesses one in the home.
• 55% of homicides where the victim dies at home are firearm-related.
• 0.002% of children who were in a home with a loaded and unsecured firearm were killed in an accidental shooting incident in 2022.
• While femicide is a common concern for the gun control lobby, 40% of females aged 15+ were murdered by something other than a bullet in 2022.
• Of the 49 million homes in the U.S. with a firearm, only 7,492 homicide incidents were recorded in a home during 2022 (all methods).

Report Highlights

• An average of 10,252 firearms were used in homicides between 2015 and 2019. Handguns were involved in 59% of homicides in 2020.
• Handguns were used in 62% of homicides between 2015 and 2019.
• Most mass shooters used firearms chambered in 9mm and .223 Remington in 2023 and 2024 (to date), resulting in 45% of all deaths.
• 1 in 6 criminal assaults involving a firearm results in death.
• Gunshot victims were 4.5 times more likely to die when shot by larger caliber bullets (.357 magnum, .40, .44 magnum, .45, 10 mm, and 7.62 × 39 mm) than small calibers (.25, .32, and .38).
• Knives are used in 3X more murders than rifles. Personal weapons (hands, fists, feet, etc.) are used in nearly 2 times more murders than rifles.

Key Statistics

• There have been 196 accidental deaths related to firearms so far in 2023.
• Accidental shooting deaths have declined from 1,491 per year (1979-1998) to an average of 606 (1999-2023).
• 728 accidental shootings (including injuries or death) occur on average yearly.
• 1% of all firearm-related deaths in 2022 were unintentional.
• Individuals aged 14-30 are consistently more likely to die of accidental shootings than any other age group.

Report Highlights

• Gun ownership in America increased 28% from 1994 to 2023
• It is estimated that there are 393 million civilian-owned firearms in the U.S.
• There are 6.06 million registered civilian firearms in America
• Estimates show that 82,880,000 people own at least one firearm in 2023
• Women’s firearm ownership increased by 177.8% in the past years
• Gun ownership increased more among Hispanics than any other demographic between 2017-2023 (33%)
• Gun ownership declined by 22% in the 18-29 age group over the past six years
• One out of every 20 adults in the U.S. purchased a firearm for the first time during the pandemic

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• The amount of State gun laws nearly doubled between 1991 and 2016 (Source).
• The first Federal gun control law was passed in the 1934 National Firearms Act, which limited civilians’ access to machine guns, suppressors, short-barreled shotguns, and others (Source).
• Between 1886 and 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States interpreted the Second Amendment to include the right of the individual to keep and bear arms six times.
• Homicides (all methods) increased 27% from 1968 to 2021.
• Homicide rates increased 28% while incarceration rates fell 15% during the 2020 pandemic.
• The 1994 Crime Bill authorized $12.5 Billion dollars for law enforcement, while the ATF receives $1.5 billion annually to enforce Federal firearm laws.
• The ATF seized more than 360,000 firearms in 2021 (Source).