Debunking Gun Myths at the Dinner Table

Every day, 125 Americans are killed with guns, and more than 200 are shot and wounded.There are a lot of widespread myths and conflicting information about guns, gun violence, and gun safety laws in America. To set the record straight, we’ve developed a series of graphics to help you “fork over the facts” and dispel some of the most prominent myths about gun violence.

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Source: Everytown Research analysis of Brooks, “Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2019-2020,” (2023) & FBI NICS data via FOIA, 2021-2023.

Source: Everytown Research analysis of the most recent year of gun homicides by country (2015 to 2019), GunPolicy.org (accessed January 7, 2022).

Source: Everytown Research, “Guns and Violence Against Women,” 2025; Campbell et al., “Risk Factors for Femicide in Abusive Relationships: Results from a Multisite Case Control Study,” American Journal of Public Health, 2003.

Source: ATF, “NFCTA Vol. 2, Crime Guns: Chicago, IL, Crime Guns Recovered and Traced, 2017-2021,” 2023; Everytown Research, “Five Things to Know About Crime Guns, Gun Trafficking, and Background Checks,” 2022.

Source: Everytown Research, “Ten Years of Preventable Tragedies: Unintentional Shootings by Children,” 2025.

Source: Everytown Research analysis of the most recent year of gun homicides by country (2015 to 2019), GunPolicy.org (accessed January 7, 2022)

Source: Everytown Research, “How To Stop Shootings and Gun Violence in Schools,” 2022.

Source: Miller & Azrael, “Firearm Storage in US Households with Children: Findings from the 2021 National Firearm Survey,” JAMA Network Open, 2022.

Source: Anglemyer, Horvath, & Rutherford, “The Accessibility of Firearms and Risk for Suicide and Homicide Victimization Among Household Members: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” Annals of Internal Medicine, 2014: Everytown Research, “Too Many, Too Soon: Youth Firearm Suicide in the United States,” 2025; Everytown Research, “Ten Years of Preventable Tragedies: Unintentional Shootings by Children,” 2025.

Source: Miller, Hepburn, & Azrael, “Firearm Acquisition Without Background Checks,” Annals of Internal Medicine, 2017; Everytown Research, “Unchecked,” 2021.

Source: Everytown Research, “Extreme Risk Laws Save Lives,” 2025.

Source: Everytown Research, “The Dangers of Shooting First: ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws Are a License to Kill,” 2025.

Source: Everytown, “Impact of Gun Violence on Historically Marginalized Communities,” 2025; Everytown, “Gun Violence By Police,” 2025.

Source: Everytown Research, “The Impact of Active Shooter Drills in Schools,” 2024.

Source: Everytown, “Gun Companies Market Recklessly,” The Smoking Gun, 2025; CDC, WONDER, Underlying Cause of Death, Injury Mechanism & All Other Leading Causes, 2023.

Source: Everytown, “Assault Weapons and High-Capacity Magazines,” The Smoking Gun, 2025; Everytown, “Guns Used in the Deadliest U.S. Mass Shootings,” The Smoking Gun, 2025.

Source: Szkola, O’Toole, & Burd-Sharps, “Gun Thefts from Cars: The Largest Source of Stolen Guns,” Everytown Research, 2024; Everytown Research, “Ten Years of Preventable Tragedies: Unintentional Shootings by Children.

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