Fig. 6: State-level firearm policies vs. search volume.
From: Internet search patterns reveal firearm sales, policies, and deaths
a Restrictiveness of state-level firearm policies, based on The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence 2019 Annual Gun Law State Scorecard (1–50 scale) vs. Internet search volume for the terms shotgun (Pearson’s r = 0.76, Spearman’s ρ = −0.78). b The same analysis shown for the search term 9 mm (Pearson’s r = −0.82, Spearman’s ρ = −0.83). All data from 2019.
