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The Astonishing Growth of American Gun Culture, In Three Graphs
Americans like guns. A look at public data shows how much: Gun production is up, gun background checks are up — and even gun-related baby names are on the rise.
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I wonder how much of the increase of gun purchases were the direct (or indirect) result of certain members of society falling in to the "Obama's going to take our guns!" propaganda. The bump in purchases seem to start roughly a year before he was elected president and have only increased since then.
While we're looking at gun ownership, it might be interesting to see the number of gun deaths nationwide as well. According to the numbers, the actual count of gun deaths seem to have a modest uptick in the latest figures.