How the gun trade in Pennsylvania has changed since 2010

(STACKER) – Gun sales and ownership have been hotly debated issues in the US for decades, with many interested parties vying to be heard. The 1994 federal ban on assault weapons was vigorously opposed by the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups, who argued that the legislation violated the Second Amendment. When the ban expired in 2004, Congress did not renew it.

Since its expiration, many studies have been conducted on the impact of the assault weapons ban on the arms trade and the number of gun-related deaths. One of the most cited was a learn conducted by New York University researchers who showed mass shooting-related homicides declined while the ban was in place. Many have called for a new ban to be passed, but no law has been proposed at this time.

In a post-1994 banned world, the US arms trade has grown by any measure over the past decade. There are more active federal firearms licenses, taxpayers under the National Firearms Act, and a significant increase in the number of manufacturers and dealers under the National Firearms Act.

forklift analyzed data from Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearmsand explosives to determine how the gun trade in Pennsylvania has changed since 2010.

Read on to see how the gun trade has changed in your state over the past decade.

Gun Trade in Pennsylvania in Numbers

– 12.7% increase in state firearms licenses from 2010-2020
— From 5,446 licenses in 2010 to 6,136 in 2020
280.0% increase in the total number of taxpayers under the National Firearm Act from 2010 to 2020
— From 180 taxpayers in 2010 to 684 in 2020
– 339.4% increase in dealership taxpayers under the National Firearm Act from 2010 to 2020
— From 104 dealer taxpayers in 2010 to 457 in 2020