Malpaso Productions The gun lobby claims that 1.67 million defensive gun uses occur each year, yet the data tell a different story. A new Everytown analysis of the National Crime Victimization Survey (2019–2023) shows defensive gun use occurs in fewer than 1% of all personal and property crimes in the United States. And victims who
Photo by Samantha Sophia on Unsplash Michigan’s Gun Violence Prevention Task Force has called on state lawmakers to ban assault weapons, close a concealed pistol license loophole, and increase the minimum age to purchase guns to 21. Those are among 39 recommendations included in this week’s final report from the task force Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Photo by Mitchel Lensink on Unsplash The Trump Administration’s immigration crackdown has pulled resources from many other kinds of crime fighting, The New York Times reported, including gun law enforcement—with seizures of illegal weapons down 73 percent from last year. The report was based on unreleased documents from Homeland Security Investigations, the agency’s crime-fighting arm.
A new report finds that gun trafficking is a significant and growing driver of gun violence in communities across the country—and that the gun industry plays a central role in enabling it. The report, from Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, reveals that by the end of 2026, an estimated 1.27 million firearms will have
