Texans purchased over 1.6 million guns in 2021, about one gun for every 14 adults, after buying more guns in 2020 than at any time in the last two decades. But the gun ownership rate is dropping as Texas’ population growth outpaces sales. With teamtrace
in 2020 than at any other time in the last two decades, there was a smaller share of households with firearms.
Even background checks performed by federally licensed gun dealers don’t fully capture the breadth of gun ownership in America, Oliva said. This is because people with active concealed-carry permits don’t have to get a background check and because people can purchase multiple firearms at a time.
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