An interactive visualisation of U.S. firearm sales estimates, highlighting long-term trends and event-driven spikes from 2000 to 2026.
Firearm sales in the US haven’t just grown, they’ve surged in ways that line up with moments you already know.
Using CDC data summarised by The Trace, this analysis tracks the numbers over time, but the real story is hidden in the spikes. Certain events triggered sudden waves of buying. Think you can guess which ones?
When you start connecting those moments to what was happening in the world, a pattern begins to form. One that raises bigger questions about what really drives these shifts.
Timing is everything here.
Vizzu makes it easy to move between the big picture and the exact moments where everything changed. Long-term trends and sudden jumps come together into one continuous story.
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