Six States Cranked Out 5 Million Guns Last Year—Half of America’s Total in Just 12% of the Country. LOREN ELLIOTT / AFP via Getty Images. Sam Stebbins. Published: May 9, 2025 8:28 am.

DOGE is reportedly looking to revise regulations meant to control the flow of guns in a country with far too many of them.

Additionally, gun rights advocates maintain that semi-automatic firearms' principal purpose is not for violence, signaling the weapon’s marginal influence in total gun deaths.

Shotguns exported to U.S. from Taiwan, 2010-2023: 1,007 (0.01% of all imported shotguns) Total firearms exported to U.S. from Taiwan, 2010-2023: 12,451 (8.1% shotguns) Gunmakers operating in ...

This is a four-part series, breaking down the data, root causes, solutions and political implications of guns and gun violence in America. Read Part 1 , Part 2 and Part 4 here. This is Part 3: The ...