The U.S. gun-death rate was 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2016, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington.

The Civil War, Rewritten: What If the Battle of Gettysburg Had Machine Guns? Here’s how the U.S. Army is wargaming alternative history to enhance its weapons strategies.

Indeed, more guns were purchased in the United States in 2020 — nearly 23 million — than any other year on record.