History of guns in the U.S. - Statistics & Facts

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Share of households owning a gun in 1972 & 2022
1972: 43%, 2023: 42%
Share of Americans who believed there should be a general ban on handgun ownership in 1959 & 2022
1959: 60%, 2022: 27%
Total gunfire casualties in mass shootings in the U.S. and all other developed countries 1988-2019
U.S.: 1,891, Others: 1,345

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