Many people agree that something should be done to curb mass shootings in America.
But a dearth of data about domestic gun use has sometimes hamstrung the debate.
Elisabeth Fosslien, a web analytics guru at Chicago's Leo Burnett ad agency, has created 24 charts that break down everything we currently know about guns in the U.S..
Much of the data is from the last decade — but again, that's a reflection of the absence of new information currently available.
Huge thanks to Fosslien for giving us permission to run her charts.
Something changed last year.
Americans have realized the U.S. is an outlier — our rate of firearm possession dwarfs that of other countries.
Guns are cheaper here.
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