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# Gun Facts

Gun Control Policy Information

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## Posts

- [The Gun Facts Blog](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/) - A blog concerning interesting gun control myths current in the news.
- [Domestic Gun Violence Perspectives](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/domestic-gun-violence-perspectives/) - Firearms are involved in a very small amount of domestic violence incidents, and only a little more than 1% when you ignore mere brandishing of firearms.
- [Gangs, Guns and the Internet](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/gangs-guns-and-the-internet/) - Did the internet help promote gang lifestyle and migrate it from the city to the suburbs and further into rural areas? The data says it likely did.
- [Two Phase Crime Control](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/two-phase-crime-control/) - Two phases of get tough on crime laws demonstrate their effectiveness in reducing gun violence, at least when those laws are obeyed by prosecutors and judges.
- [London Ain’t Chicago](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/london-aint-chicago/) - Comparing London to Chicago shows that a huge part of American gun violence is uniquely tied to the number of street gang members.
- [Medical Care and Gun Deaths](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/medical-care-and-gun-deaths/) - A common meme claims advances in medical treatments drove gun death rates down. Like many memes, it fails testing.
- [Cops and Gun Crime](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/cops-and-gun-crime/) - Police staffing has an effect on gun crimes (duh!). But how much? In short, the effect is robust, though other factors matter. Take-aways Low-end moderate correlation between sworn duty officer headcounts and lower gun homicide rates. Effect heavily skewed to major metro cities. The ratio of detectives to patrol officers had a lesser correlation but
- [Medicated Murderers](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/medicated-murderers/) - Psychiatric prescribing of psychotropic medications may be contributory to mass public shootings. We explore meds, mass murder and their intersection.
- [Mass Shooting Metrics](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/mass-shooting-metrics/) - It is time to look at the other types of “mass shootings,” given that what the public perceives they are, and what they are really, are quite different. They also inform us that street gang violence has many manifestations. Take-aways Alternate definitions of “mass shooting” obfuscate street gang causation. Highest victim and perpetrator rates are
- [Scoping Gang Violence](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/scoping-gang-violence/) - To say that gangs are the principal source of gun violence in America is akin to saying a Russian invasion is a little noisy. We at Gun Facts have repeatedly noted that gangs cause most of the bloodshed. A new (to us) academic work helps to illustrate this and to compare with some of our
- [Gun Injury Deep Dive](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/gun-injury-deep-dive/) - Gun homicides are a problem, but so are non-fatal gun injuries from assaults. Yet diving into that data shows the causes are likely the same.
- [Gun Homicides by Household](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/gun-homicides-by-household/) - How many household guns are used in homicides? Nearly none. Aside from career crimes and gang related activities, 0.004% of households ...
- [Gang Triangulation](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/gang-triangulation/) - Data triangulation leads to an estimate that 85% of firearm homicides in the United States are gang related.
- [City Size and Police Professionalism](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/city-size-and-police-professionalism/) - Does the "professionalism" of a police agency have a direct bearing on gun violence rates? Perhaps, though the data is limited.
- [Gun Violence Audit – 2025](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/gun-violence-audit-2025/) - We extract gun crimes from the FBI's detailed data dump to explore and audit many realities about guns and violence in the United States.
- [Violence Project Policy Problem](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/violence-project-policy-problem/) - A friendly critique of what the Violence Project got completely wrong in a recent email, and why they may be drifting away from facts and into propaganda.
- [Random Mass Perspectives](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/random-mass-perspectives/) - A little digging into dusty corners of our Mass Public Shooter database reveled some new insights.
- [Universal Background Bust](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/universal-background-bust/)
- [Gangs, Recidivism and Guns](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/gangs-recidivism-and-guns/) - Street gang recidivism is part of the "gun problem". We take a look at the 1,500+ additional gun homicides each year from this.
- [Worth the Wait?](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/worth-the-wait/) - Waiting periods for handgun purchases don't make a difference for either homicides or suicides.
- [Top 15 Murder Counties](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/top-15-murder-counties/) - 0.5% of counties, with only 8% of the population account for 25% of gun homicides. We dug in to discover what make these Hot 15 counties so dangerous.
- [The Gun Facts CCW Scorecard (first edition)](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/the-gun-facts-ccw-scorecard-first-edition/) - It is time for a new method of grading states based on their concealed-carry regimes. Gun Facts has created one, and the findings are stark.
- [Homicide Breakdown 2023](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/homicide-breakdown-2023/) - A recent Bureau of Justice Statistics review of 2023 homicides offers new details atop old knowledge about who is harmed by violence and guns.
- [Young Thugs in California](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/young-thugs-in-california/) - A large survey of secondary students in California exposes the degree of street gang members enrolled in schools. The numbers are terrifying.
- [Direct Exposure to Nonsense](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/direct-exposure-to-nonsense/) - A largely ridiculous study about mass shootings, published by doctors, yet covered by some media outlets. We perform the autopsy on the corpse of JAMA intellect.
- [Recidivism and Violence](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/recidivism-and-violence/) - A Bureau of Justice Statistics paper helps illustrate the magnitude of recidivism and its ties to violence, including gun violence.
- [School Guns and Non-Disaster](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/school-guns-and-non-disaster/) - With public debate about allowing teachers to be armed to reduce school shooting deaths, we looked at one (albeit not great) data source and discover that arming teachers is not likely a huge problem, though it is not danger free.
- [Stolen Guns](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/stolen-guns/) - Gun thefts may be the primary source for crime guns. The data (such as it is) shows it to be significant problem and that thefts from cars might be the biggest theft target.
- [Pondering Permits](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/pondering-permits/) - We looked to see what, if any, effect "permit to purchase" laws had on gun homicides and suicides. The answer is messy but generally shows little effect.
- [Firearm Violence, (non) Surprises](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/firearm-violence-non-surprises/) - Non-fatal firearm crime is serious, and a report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics tell us many interesting this, especially why such crimes go unreported.
- [Gangs and Guns](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/gangs-and-guns/) - America has more gang members, more violent gang members, and they get their guns illegally. How to address this core problem?
- [Suicide, Survival and Guns](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/suicide-survival-and-guns/) - Medical intervention produces different outcomes for suicides due to the time required to die. Hence, firearm suicide death rates are high while firearm suicide attempts are low.
- [Gun Deaths and Religion](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/gun-deaths-and-religion/) - Low "gun death" rates in some states come from local religious alignment that lowers overall suicide rates and thus lowers gun suicide rates (which get amalgamated into "gun death" rates).
- [Underreporting Gun Crime](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/underreporting-gun-crime/) - The "new and improved" FBI crime data collection system is significantly under-reporting gun homicides (and thus likely under-reporting all gun crimes). Some counties known for gang crime lead the deficit.
- [Tracking Transgressors](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tracking-transgressors/) - Matching ballistic marks from crime guns is showing that repeat violent offenders are a core problem in gun violence and a way to keep thugs in prison longer.
- [Gun Violence Archive Assessment](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/gun-violence-archive-assessment/) - The Gun Violence Archive (GVA) is not a gold-standard data source. It isn’t even a reliable source. Yet it is commonly, and tragically, cited by people in the media who don’t know enough about gun violence data and criminology to understand why they should avoid citing GVA. We’ll attempt to clarify that.
- [Habitual Effects](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/habitual-effects/) - The effects of habitual offender laws (e.g., three strikes) are compelling and explain the decades-long drop in violent crime.
- [TASSS and Accuracy](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tasss-and-accuracy/) - We take a dive into a viable database about K12 school shootings exists and should replace the overstated one the media routinely cites.
- [K–12 Shooting Stats](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/k-12-shooting-stats/) - A report by the federal government breaks down K12 school shootings, exposes misinformation by a data source the media too often cites, and ties most problem to inner-city issues.
- [De-Policing and Death](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/de-policing-and-death/) - Two academic papers show the statistical relationship between de-policing and increases in street crime.
- [Incarceration, Handguns and Homicides](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/incarceration-handguns-and-homicides/) - Handgun supply went up, homicides went down, and we have a good explanation why ... incarceration.
- [Mental Mass Contrast](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/mental-mass-contrast/)
- [Magazine Capacity Muckraking](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/magazine-capacity-muckraking/) - A review of hard data concerning high capacity magazines and death rates in mass public shootings.
- [Assault Weapon Deadliness](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/assault-weapon-deadliness/) - Are "assault weapons" inherently more deadly than other guns, especially in mass public shootings? We explore the data here and find an interesting linkage.
- [What leads To Mass Public Shootings?](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/what-leads-to-mass-public-shootings/) - An initial dig into the massive Violence Project database helps show what underlying issues might drive someone to commit a mass public shooting.
- [Grounded](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/grounded/) - "Stand your ground" laws show a small, net positive in terms of homicides when compared to non-SYG states over the same years.
- [Industrialized Data](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/industrialized-data/) - Some data to look at crime (homicides, rapes, assaults and robberies) in industrialized nations when contrasted with gun ownership.
- [Only Scattered School Shootings](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/only-scattered-school-shootings/) - Deadly school shootings are rare, but the gun control industry would make you think otherwise.
- [Suicides and Guns](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/suicides-and-guns/) - International numbers show that the availability of a gun does not lead to suicides. Poison and rope however ...
- [Media Meddling](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/media-meddling/) - An Arizona Republic reporter asks for help to improve messaging for gun control.
- [74 School Shootings Bunk](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/74-school-shootings-bunk/) - There were not 74 school shootings, unless you include adults committing suicides when they get home from work.
- [Booze, not bullets](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/booze-not-bullets/) - You are nearly 10 times more likely to drink yourself to death than get murdered with a gun.
- [EveryCon and Your Child](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/everycon-and-your-child/)
- [False evidence, biased judges](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/false-evidence-biased-judges/) - AB1014, Ex Parte Gun Violence Restraining Order, a bill without the burden of real evidence.
- [AKs and ARs: Real assault rifles vs. mythical "assault weapons"](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/aks-and-ars-real-assault-rifles-vs-mythical-assault-weapons/) - Reporters need to understand the difference between "assault rifles" (which exists) and "assault weapons" (which is a politically invented phrase).
- [Children and handgun availability](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/children-and-handgun-availability/) - The government reports there are more handguns and fewer kids being killed.
- [Reason gets it wrong](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/reason-gets-it-wrong/) - Reason magazine got some basic assumptions wrong about Chicago violence.
- [Holder on Hold](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/holder-on-hold/) - The feds never prosecute gun violations, but Obama is doing less of it while calling for more gun control.
- [Understand­ing California's Crime Collapse](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/understanding-californias-crime-collapse/) - Statistics show when and how California's violent crime rate fell, and how it is unrelated to gun control.
- [Assault Rifle Rename](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/assault-rifle-rename/) - The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence redefined "assault rifle" with the intent of confusing the public and media.
- [Big City Bang-Bang](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/big-city-bang-bang/) - The top 20 homicide cities have 7% of the population but cause 21% of the homicides.
- [Brady Scorecard Scam](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/brady-scorecard-scam/) - The Brady Campaign state-by-state scorecard proves that gun control is meaningless.
- [Cop killers and under­ground guns](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/cop-killers-and-underground-guns/) - Ismaaiyl Brinsley and the 40-77% of guns that can never include a background check.
- [Cops Killed By Guns](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/cops-killed-by-guns/) - Cops are being shot less often, though recent headlines claim a 56% increase.
- [Interstate Gun Trafficking Mythology](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/interstate-gun-trafficking-mythology/) - Firearms from "lax gun control law" states are not influencing "strict law" states. Here are the stats.
- [VPC Gun Death Dumb-Down](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/vpc-gun-death-dumb-down/) - States with Weak Gun Laws and Higher Gun Ownership Do Not Lead Nation in Gun Deaths
- [Bloomberg's (latest) Blunder](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/bloombergs-latest-blunder/) - Bloomberg doesn't even know basic statistics. Why 95% of gun homicides are not minority based.
- [Suicides and Propaganda](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/suicides-and-propaganda/) - Why the gun control industry is leaning on suicides more than ever to drive public opinion.
- [Ammo Ban Asininities](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/ammo-ban-asininities/) - No cops were kill using M855 "green tip" ammo. So why did Obama ban it?
- [Permitless Carry](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/permitless-carry/) - States with no permitting for concealed carry show dropping firearm homicides and accidental deaths.
- [Campus Carry, Not Scary](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/campus-carry-not-scary/) - Campus carry is shown to suppress crime. So why do ignorant politicians oppose it?
- [VPC DGU Dupe](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/vpc-gdu-dupe/) - The VPC once again hides numbers to hide the truth about defensive gun use.
- [Kids, Cops and Guns](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/kids-cops-and-guns/) - Not many preschoolers are killed with guns. Parents are a larger threat.
- [Weapon in Ukraine: Lessons in Law and Reality](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/weapon-in-ukraine-lessons-in-law-and-reality/) - There are legal, awarded, nearly-legal and illegal firearms in the Ukraine. This guest post shows why reality beats gun control laws.
- [Newsom's Nuisance](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/newsoms-nuisance/) - Gavin Newsom proposed more gun control, and none of the proposals are effective.
- [Obama Bunko](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/obama-bunko/) - Barack Obama's assault on facts in front of police chiefs was insane. Here's why.
- [Politico Propaganda](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/politico-propaganda/) - Politico stacks survey with 76% of respondents from an anti gun group and discovers they like gun control. Propaganda at its cheapest.
- [New York Inanity](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/new-york-inanity/) - New York has shown psychotic notions about what problems need to be solved and why.
- [Missouri Misstep](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/missouri-misstep/) - When Missouri repealed their permit to purchase a handgun law, homicides dropped. So why is Bloomberg's funded medical school saying otherwise?
- [No Mass](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/no-mass/) - The gun control industry changes definitions of works to foll voters. Here is how, why and what you can do about it.
- [Reducing Rampages](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/reducing-rampages/) - People, not police, have the greatest impact on preventing rampage killers from murdering many.
- [Female Fibs](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/female-fibs/) - Despite agitprop from The Trace, women are not being routinely slaughters by husbands and boyfriends.
- [Booze, Bullets and Bunk](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/booze-bullets-and-bunk/) - Allowing concealed carry of firearms in bars results in lower violent crime rates.
- [Over-Studied](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/over-studied/) - Gun violence is one of the most ridiculously over-studied topics in American criminology. So why do some politicians claim otherwise? Here is the reason.
- [Gangs and Guns: 60-Second Gun Facts Video](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/gangs-and-guns-60-second-gun-facts-video/)
- [Going Underground](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/going-underground/) - Nobody registers their guns, even in strict gun control countries. The laws appear to make no difference in gun ownership or violence.
- [90% Wrong](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/90-wrong/) - Lancet study claiming a 90% reduction in gun deaths via three laws in plainly wrong. Here's why.
- [Auditing Australia](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/auditing-australia/) - Some point to Australia as an example of good gun control. But stats show it did nothing, and may have done some harm.
- [Physician Perspective](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/physician-perspective/) - Medical mistakes are 2,284% more likely to kill you than being shot with a gun. Get perspective on guns, medical mistakes, and what to fear.
- [Number Nuts](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/number-nuts/) - When a survey of economists and criminologist agree that concealed carry is good and "gun free" zones are bad, then politicians need to wise-up.
- [The Other 1%](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/the-other-1/) - When less than 1% of the population causes 74% of homicides, both the problem and solution become obvious.
- [Target on Taradiddle](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/target-on-taradiddle/) - New York State's attorney general produced an oddly insane report on gun trafficking. We explain why it is junk, and nothing like science.
- [Suppressed Insights](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/suppressed-insights/) - Why should firearm suppressors be made easier to get? Seems like it would have no effect on crime, and would help hunters and sportsmen.
- [Constitutional Carry Certainty](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/constitutional-carry-certainty/) - What is the effect of "constitutional carry" on firearm homicides? The numbers are compelling.
- [Guest Blog: The Truth Behind the Myths of Purchasing Firearms](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/guest-blog-the-truth-behind-the-myths-of-purchasing-firearms/) - Many people do not understand how regulated and controlled gun sales are. This reminder helps to debunk myths surrounding crime gun sources.
- [Leaden Assumptions](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/leaden-assumptions/) - A study published in Environmental Health shows a propagandist exaggeration of blood lead levels among shooting range employees.
- [Charting Homicides](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/charting-homicides/) - Some times a picture is worth 1,024 words. Here we look at homicides, gun ownership rates, and get an eye full.
- [Gun Polling Alignment and Surprises](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/gun-polling-alignment-and-surprises/) - A recent Pew poll has some surprising changes and insights about American gun, ownership, crime and law opinions.
- [Stanford Stumble](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/stanford-stumble/)
- [Concealed Millions](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/concealed-millions/) - About 4,000,000 concealed handguns on the streets every day, in the hands of permit holders who rarely commit crimes.
- [Las Vegas Perspectives](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/las-vegas-perspectives/) - Analysis of contributing factors to the high body cont at the Route 91 Massacre in Las Vegas.
- [Unscientific American](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/unscientific-american/) - Scientific American destroys their brand by publishing a very unscientific political screed about guns, violence and crime.
- [Gun Death Trends - 1999 through 2016](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/gun-death-trends-1999-through-2016/) - What has changed from the start of the new millennia to today as far as guns, suicides, homicides, accidents and legal interventions?
- [California-Nevada Gun Shows - Not What The Media Reported](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/california-nevada-gun-shows-not-what-the-media-reported/) - A flawed study claimed Nevada gun shows caused California gun deaths and injuries to rise. But the report itself said otherwise.
- [Trace, Stolen Guns, Ineptitude](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/trace-stolen-guns-ineptitude/) - A brief review of the NBC/Trace "study" of stolen guns in America and why it is useless research.
- [Gun Deaths: Meaningless Metric](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/gun-deaths-meaningless-metric/) - "Gun deaths" is a metric that means nothing. In this brief review, we should why the phrase needs to disappear from the political dialogue.
- [Crossing Trends](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/crossing-trends/) - Some trends in gun deaths are positive. This is certainly the case in declining accidental gun deaths, and increased justifiable homicides.
- [Gifford’s Goof](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/giffords-goof/) - Once again, a gun control advocacy groups creates a scorecard and claims laws lower crime. We show that they increase crime.
- [Mental Health and Homicides](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/mental-health-and-homicides/) - There are several important links between mental health, its management, funding and mass murder. This review tells us what directions we should consider.
- [Good Guy with a Gun?](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/good-guy-with-a-gun/) - Is a "good guy with a gun" the only way to stop mass shootings? No, but statistically speaking, it is the best way.
- [AR-15s: Mostly Harmless](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/ar-15s-mostly-harmless/) - AR-15s are the poster child for the modern gun control movement. But just how much do they figure into violence. All told, they are relatively harmless.
- [Meds and Mass Murder](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/meds-and-mass-murder/) - Rates of adverse violent and delusional reactions to psychotropic prescription medications and uniquely covariant with mass public shootings.
- [School Shooting Database and Propaganda](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/school-shooting-database-and-propaganda/) - The federal government has a new "school shooting" database that is already causing misunderstanding of gun policy issues, and is being misused by advocacy groups. Here are the problems therein ...
- [Mass Shooting Cattle Pens](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/mass-shooting-cattle-pens/) - There are a slowly growing number of mass public shootings with exceptionally high fatality rates. The common bit is a "cattle pen" environment and a bit of planning.
- [Tracing Suicides](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tracing-suicides/) - Gun control advocacy outlet "The Trace" misreported suicide stats in order to scare the public about guns. They failed.
- [High Gun Death Perspectives](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/high-gun-death-perspectives/)
- [Impractically Useless](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/impractically-useless/) - Proposals for "universal background checks) are popping up. The math says don't bother, they are slightly better than useless.
- [Traces of a Con](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/traces-of-a-con/) - What is a "gun store"? It isn't want gun control advocacy groups say it is. But that is why they distort reality. Because the real definition is unexciting.
- [Red Flags](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/red-flags/) - Red Flag laws are rapidly being enacted. Do they do any good?
- [Kids, Guns and Guile](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/kids-guns-and-guile/) - Once again, certain policy/propaganda groups have amalgamated children teens, gang members and more to distort your understanding of guns and death.
- [Concealed Carry Types and Crime](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/concealed-carry-types-and-crime/)
- [Suppressed Perspective](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/suppressed-perspective/) - What is the role of suppressors (a.k.a. "silencers") in crime? Pretty much zero.
- [Pediatric Agitprop](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/pediatric-agitprop/) - A publication for pediatricians publishes some seriously flawed gun research, and the media runs with it. Here is the reality about children, teens and gun deaths.
- [Schools, Guns and the Secret Service](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/schools-guns-and-the-secret-service/) - The U.S. Secret Service reported on targeted attacks in K12 schools, including school shootings. The numbers are of interest to everyone.
- [Fame, Media and Mass Shootings](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/fame-media-and-mass-shootings/) - Changes in the lethality of American mass public shootings have some interesting and challenging seeds. Media, youth - yes. Assault weapons, not really.
- [Gun Ownership RANDomness](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/gun-ownership-randomness/) - Rand corporation analysis of household gun ownership rates fails rationality. Their conclusions are invalid.
- [Cali Suicide Calumny](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/cali-suicide-calumny/) - Vivisection of a report on California handguns and suicides, and another example of why doctors should avoid attempting criminology.
- [Inner-city Guns](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/inner-city-guns/) - A key bit of research on kids, guns, gangs and the inner-city.
- [EveryCon and Youth Suicides](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/everycon-and-youth-suicides/) - How to mis-represent numbers to push a gun policy agenda.
- [Missouri Compromised](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/missouri-compromised/) - The AMA attempts criminology research and commits statistical malpractice, when miscalculating suicide rates in Missouri.
- [Ammo Background … Checked](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/ammo-background-checked/) - Does requiring background checks for ammo make a difference? We had a look. The results are not compelling.
- [Callous Kids](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/callous-kids/) - How does inner-city life drive kids to carry and misuse guns. Here is one insight worth noting.
- [Pale Background](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/pale-background/) - An statistical run-down of what fraction of crime guns might be caught using "universal" background checks, and why the number practically zero.
- [Ghost Gun Gong Show](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/ghost-gun-gong-show/) - "Ghost guns" are a political talking point, but statistically they are not much in terms of crime guns.
- [Mental Breakdown](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/mental-breakdown-of-mass-shooters/) - Mental Breakdown - Breaking Down Mental Health in Mass Public Shooters. Rates of illness, treatments, medications and more with mass shooting perpetrators.
- [Background Checks and Homicides](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/background-checks-and-homicides/) - Does and increased rate of gun sales cause an increase in crime and gun crimes? We dug in and the results are surprising.
- [Crime Leads Gun Buying](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/crime-leads-gun-buying/) - Gun sales could lead to gun crime, or they might be a response to rising crime rates. We dive into the data to see which of these theories is correct.
- [Targeting Firearm Homicides](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/targeting-firearm-homicides/) - To control 41% of gun homicides, target men in their early adulthood and living in metropolitan areas.
- [Guns Not Used in Crime](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/guns-not-used-in-crime/) - What portion of America’s guns are used in crime? Somewhere between 0.00001% and 0.00477%, depending on the type of gun and crime.
- [Permit Punditry](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/permit-punditry/) - Does requiring a permit to buy a handgun reduce crime? We dig through the firearm homicide data to see if states with such laws do better than others, and we focus a little extra on North Carolina.
- [Mass Global Mix-up](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/mass-global-mix-up/) - Two different mass public shooting studies claim different results about the USA vs. the rest of the world. We show why and which one to trust.
- [Fed Fail on Guns?](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/fed-fail-on-guns/) - New data on federal gun crime referrals, sentencing and such adds light as to why gun violence may be increasing.
- [Illegal Guns and ”Disadvantage”](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/illegal-guns-and-disadvantage/) - A new study reconfirms that rates of gun violence are tied to illegally obtained guns, and not those sold at retail.
- [D.C. Guns and Gangs](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/d-c-guns-and-gangs/) - A recent study about homicides in D.C. illustrates the largest area of gun violence in America, namely street gangs in metropolitan areas.
- [Trends in Mass Public Shootings](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/trends-in-mass-public-shootings/) - The largest multilingual international database of mass public shootings (MPS) tells us that they are increasing globally, less rapidly in the United States, but the average number of deaths in American MPSs is rising faster than the world at large. Let us then look at some of the factors that may contribute to mass shootings
- [Permitless Murders](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/permitless-murders/) - We explore the change in homicide rates before and after several states switched from "shall issue" to "permitless" public carry.
- [Single Parent Gun Violence](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/single-parent-gun-violence/) - Fatherless homes may be a primary cause of violence in general for young males, but also for street gang activity and murder.
- [California Con](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/california-con/) - California's Governor and the New York Times are touting the state's tough gun control laws. There data is horrifically misleading and basically unscientific.
- [Culture, Homicides and Violence](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/culture-homicides-and-violence/)
- [Big Gun Data](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/big-gun-data/) - A major study of gun ownership and defensive gun use will define the debate for years to come. We break down the important bits here.
- [Mass Shootings, Private and Public](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/mass-shootings-private-and-public/) - A new and detailed study dives into mass shootings, not just in public, and concludes that the problem is not getting worse and is heavily isolated.
- [Carry Calculations](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/carry-calculations/) - Large scale study of who carries guns in public provides some solid numbers and a few surprises.
- [Misleading Cause of Child Deaths](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/misleading-cause-of-child-deaths/)
- [Ranking Redux](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/ranking-redux/) - A review of state gun law ranking by Everytown shows that their scorecard fictional, violating basic research principles. It also shows that their preferred gun laws don't matter much.
- [Guns Not Leading Cause of Child Deaths](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/guns-not-leading-cause-of-child-deaths/) - The meme “guns are the leading cause of death for children” is popular but wrong. Here is the breakdown of data, language and juvenile street gang activity.
- [Newsom's Gun Gaff](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/newsoms-gun-gaff/) - Are Gavin Newsom's claims about the efficacy of California's gun laws true? No, not really. Here are the hard stats.
- [School Shootings Stats](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/school-shootings-stats/) - A paper looking at the long history of school shootings gives us some indications about why school shootings happen and why they are more frequent than before.
- [Mass Attacks – Broadly Reviewed](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/mass-attacks-broadly-reviewed/)
- [Rust Pipeline](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/rust-pipeline/)
- [Worldly Women and Guns](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/worldly-women-and-guns/)
- [LCPGV: The 20 Year Canard](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/lcpgv-the-20-year-canard/) - The LCPGV is the new propaganda machine for the gun control industry, and their "20 years" campaign shows why.
- [Polling Pollution](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/polling-pollution/) - Polls show both growing & shrinking gun ownership rates. There is a reason why they differ.
- [Kids, Carrying and Con Jobs](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/kids-carrying-and-con-jobs/) - Kids are not more likely to carry guns in strict control states ... if you use the appropriate measurements.
- [Pondering Parkland](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/pondering-parkland/) - What we can learn and expect from the school massacre in Parkland, Florida
- [Suicide Women](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/suicide-women/) - Why "86% of all women killed by firearms are U.S. women" is a canard.
- [Oregon Observations](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/oregon-observations/) - A step-by-step analysis of the causes and non-causes of the 2015 Umpqua Community College mass public shooting.
- [Everytown Agitprop](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/everytown-agitprop/) - Everytown emails show a propensity for the absurd. Here is a breakdown of recent Everytown effluvium.
- [Child Gun Deaths](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/child-gun-deaths/) - Gun deaths of children are low, falling, and the least of our child safety worries.
- [Cali Crossroads](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/cali-crossroads/) - L.A. is less of a violent cesspool than it once was. Here is why, why not and why it matters to California.
- [NYT Fiction](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/nyt-fiction/) - Debunking a NYT con job on the mythical iron pipeline of guns.
- [Research Resilience](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/research-resilience/) - Rigging studies is not new. Kleck debunks one outcome, and I report on other ways it is done.
- [Universal Isn’t](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/universal-isnt/) - "Universal" background checks will miss 40-78% of all crime guns. Why is anyone even considering this? Ulterior motives.
- [Negligent Discharge and CCWs](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/negligent-discharge-and-ccws/) - How many CCW holders have accidental (negligent) discharges? Statistics are rare.

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- [economists](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/economists/)
- [criminologists](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/criminologists/)
- [cincinatti](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/cincinatti/)
- [richmond](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/richmond/)
- [target in trafficking](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/target-in-trafficking/)
- [suppressors](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/suppressors/)
- [silencers](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/silencers/)
- [Constitutional Carry](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/constitutional-carry/)
- [firearm homicides](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/firearm-homicides/)
- [sales](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/sales/)
- [law](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/law/)
- [lead](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/lead/)
- [shooting](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/shooting/)
- [ranges](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/ranges/)
- [toxicity](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/toxicity/)
- [ownership](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/ownership/)
- [rates](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/rates/)
- [map](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/map/)
- [pew](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/pew/)
- [poll](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/poll/)
- [survey](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/survey/)
- [owners](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/owners/)
- [stanford](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/stanford/)
- [RTC](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/rtc/)
- [permits](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/permits/)
- [Scientific American](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/scientific-american/)
- [deaths accidental homicides suicides](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/deaths-accidental-homicides-suicides/)
- [gun shows](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/gun-shows/)
- [nevada](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/nevada/)
- [nbc](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/nbc/)
- [trace](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/trace/)
- [stolen](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/stolen/)
- [legal intervention](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/legal-intervention/)
- [justifiable homicides](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/justifiable-homicides/)
- [Parkland](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/parkland/)
- [Florida](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/florida/)
- [mass public](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/mass-public/)
- [mass public shootings](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/mass-public-shootings/)
- [autism](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/autism/)
- [gifford](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/gifford/)
- [giffords law center](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/giffords-law-center/)
- [strong gun laws](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/strong-gun-laws/)
- [mass](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/mass/)
- [psychological stressors](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/psychological-stressors/)
- [deinstitutionalization](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/deinstitutionalization/)
- [active shooter events](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/active-shooter-events/)
- [stopping](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/stopping/)
- [ar-15](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/ar-15/)
- [psychotropic](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/psychotropic/)
- [medications](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/medications/)
- [antidepressants](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/antidepressants/)
- [mood stabilizers](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/mood-stabilizers/)
- [anti-psychotics](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/anti-psychotics/)
- [public](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/public/)
- [cattle pen](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/cattle-pen/)
- [the trace](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/the-trace/)
- [cdc](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/cdc/)
- [high capacity](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/high-capacity/)
- [magazines](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/magazines/)
- [gun stores](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/gun-stores/)
- [FFL](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/ffl/)
- [red flag](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/red-flag/)
- [pediatrics](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/pediatrics/)
- [teenagers](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/teenagers/)
- [school shootings](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/school-shootings/)
- [k12](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/k12/)
- [rand corporation](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/rand-corporation/)
- [household firearm gun](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/household-firearm-gun/)
- [teens](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/teens/)
- [ama](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/ama/)
- [jama](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/jama/)
- [missousri](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/missousri/)
- [ammunition](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/ammunition/)
- [mass shooting](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/mass-shooting/)
- [inner-cities](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/inner-cities/)
- [ghost guns](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/ghost-guns/)
- [diy guns](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/diy-guns/)
- [crime guns](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/crime-guns/)
- [NICS](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/nics/)
- [gun sales](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/gun-sales/)
- [murder](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/murder/)
- [sentencing](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/sentencing/)
- [retail guns](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/retail-guns/)
- [D.C.](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/d-c/)
- [permitless](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/permitless/)
- [family](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/family/)
- [mass pulic shootings](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/mass-pulic-shootings/)
- [mass shootings](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/mass-shootings/)
- [child gun deaths](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/child-gun-deaths/)
- [teen gun deaths](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/teen-gun-deaths/)
- [gavin newsom](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/gavin-newsom/)
- [ranking](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/ranking/)
- [street gangs](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/street-gangs/)
- [gun safety](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/gun-safety/)
- [psychotropic medications](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/psychotropic-medications/)
- [mass attacks](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/mass-attacks/)
- [NIBIN](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/nibin/)
- [repeat offenders](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/repeat-offenders/)
- [stand your ground](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/stand-your-ground/)
- [public carry](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/public-carry/)
- [county](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/county/)
- [policing](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/policing/)
- [Gun Violence Archive](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/gun-violence-archive/)
- [GVA](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/gva/)
- [habitual offender](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/habitual-offender/)
- [three strikes](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/three-strikes/)
- [teachers](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/teachers/)
- [resource officers](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/resource-officers/)
- [stolen guns](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/stolen-guns/)
- [gun crime](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/gun-crime/)
- [data](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/data/)
- [fbi](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/fbi/)
- [permit to purchase](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/permit-to-purchase/)
- [licensing](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/licensing/)
- [non-fatal firearm crime](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/non-fatal-firearm-crime/)
- [recidivism](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/recidivism/)
- [universal background checks](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/universal-background-checks/)
- [gun homicides](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/gun-homicides/)
- [state laws](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/state-laws/)
- [handgun purchase waiting periods](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/handgun-purchase-waiting-periods/)
- [waiting periods](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/waiting-periods/)
- [nibrs](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/nibrs/)
- [firearm crime](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/firearm-crime/)
- [professionalism](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/professionalism/)
- [non-fatal gun injuries](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/non-fatal-gun-injuries/)
- [gun injuries](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/gun-injuries/)
- [medical intervention](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/medical-intervention/)
- [firearm assault](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/firearm-assault/)
- [firearm homicide](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/firearm-homicide/)
- [police staffing](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/police-staffing/)
- [detective and patrol ratio](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/detective-and-patrol-ratio/)
- [london](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/london/)
- [Habitual Offender Laws](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/habitual-offender-laws/)
- [tough on crime.](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/tough-on-crime/)
- [Firearm Homicide Rates](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/firearm-homicide-rates/)
- [demographics](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/demographics/)
- [internet](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/internet/)
- [Domestic violence](https://www.gunfacts.info/blog/tag/domestic-violence/)