Firearm Sales Background Checks in 2020 21 Million. Up 60% from 2019 (source)
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ACEP Now: Vol 40 – No 03 – March 2021Guns Sold March–May 2020 5.9 Million. Up 80% from the same period in 2019 (source)
People who purchased their First Firearm Jan.–June 2020 5 Million. It is unknown how many first-time buyers received safety training (source)
25% Increase in non-suicide firearm deaths in 2020 vs. 2019 (source)
42% Increase in homicides in large cities in summer 2020 vs. summer 2019 (source)
Compiled by Leah Salzano and Megan Ranney, MD, MPH, for AFFIRM Research.
One Response to “By the Numbers: Firearms Stats in 2020”
April 18, 2021
John CastleI’m not sure what the point is of these statistics. Cars kill. Knives kill. In a vacuum with no context numbers are only numbers and tell me nothing. Please make a point with all of this.