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In 2021 , firearms caused the highest absolute number of deaths on record in the USA , taking nearly 49,000 lives.
In 20172021 , between 60% and 70% of firearm owners cited protection as the primary reason for ownership, compared with 48% in 2013 and only 26% in 1999 .
Women, Black and Hispanic people were more likely to own firearms for protection than for other reasons.
“Rising rates of firearm ownership among non-traditional firearm-owning groups, particularly members of historically marginalised populations, may reflect a growing desire to protect against external threats, such as hate crimes,’ they suggest.
“The simultaneous relaxing of concealed carry laws and strengthening self-defence laws may be reinforcing firearm behaviours for protection, particularly carriage in public places,” they say.
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