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America’s Gun Shopping Spree, by the Numbers

Anxieties around the pandemic, protests, and the election have Americans arming themselves like never before

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2 min readOct 29, 2020

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28,826,449 — The number of firearm background checks conducted in the U.S. in 2020 through September, an all-time high.
Photo illustration, source: Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

28.8 million: That’s the number of firearm background checks conducted in the U.S. through September this year, the highest on record — and already…

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