Earlier this month, after experiencing a set of rare, back-to-back mass shootings, authorities in Serbia moved quickly to announce “an almost complete disarming of Serbia,” which included mass gun surrendering, tighter restrictions on gun ownership, and harsher penalties for illegal gun ownership.
Gun control measures move much slower in the U.S., a country that stands out as a global outlier when it comes to gun violence and mass shootings. Amid the persistent rise of gun violence as a cause of death in the U.S., Americans have taken note of the sluggishness of anti-gun violence legislation.
Below are five charts documenting the rise of gun violence as a public health threat, how Americans feel about the threat of guns, and how gun control may factor into the 2024 presidential race. CONTINUED
Clifford Young, Bernard Mendez & Sarah Feldman, Ipsos
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