Fig. 1From: Guns, violence, politics: the gyre widensMonthly Background Checks for Firearm Purchases, January 2014 through September 2021. Checks are conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Counts of observed background checks were obtained at https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/nics_firearm_checks_month_year_by_state_type.pdf/viewBack to article page