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Cite as:  597 U. S. ____ (2022) 

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BREYER, J., dissenting 

injured); an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut (26
dead); and many, many more.  See, e.g., R. Todt, 3 Dead, 11 
Wounded in Philadelphia Shooting on Busy Street, Wash-
ington Post, June 5, 2022; A. Hernández, J. Slater, D. Bar-
rett,  &  S.  Foster-Frau,  At  Least  19  Children,  2  Teachers 
Killed at Texas Elementary School, Washington Post, May
25, 2022; A. Joly, J. Slater, D. Barrett, & A. Hernandez, 10 
Killed  in  Racially  Motivated  Shooting  at  Buffalo  Grocery 
Store, Washington Post, May 14, 2022; C. McWhirter & V. 
Bauerlein,  Atlanta-Area  Shootings  at  Spas  Leave  Eight 
Dead, Wall Street Journal, Mar. 17, 2021; A. Hassan, Day-
ton Gunman Shot 26 People in 32 Seconds, Police Timeline
Reveals, N. Y. Times, Aug. 13, 2019; L. Alvarez & R. Pérez-
Peña, Orlando Gunman Attacks Gay Nightclub, Leaving 50
Dead, N. Y. Times, June 12, 2016; J. Horowitz, N. Corasa-
niti, & A. Southall, Nine Killed in Shooting at Black Church
in Charleston, N. Y. Times, June 17, 2015; R. Lin, Gunman 
Kills 12 at ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Screening in Colorado, L. A. 
Times, July 20, 2012;  J. Barron,  Nation Reels After  Gun-
man Massacres 20 Children at School in Connecticut, N. Y. 
Times,  Dec.  14,  2012.    Since  the  start  of  this  year  alone
(2022), there have already been 277 reported mass shoot-
ings—an average of more than one per day.  Gun Violence 
Archive; see also Gun Violence Archive, General Methodol-
ogy,  https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/methodology  (de-
fining mass shootings to include incidents in which at least 
four victims are shot, not including the shooter). 

And mass shootings are just one part of the problem.  Easy
access  to  firearms  can  also  make  many  other  aspects  of
American life more dangerous.  Consider, for example, the 
effect of guns on road rage.  In 2021, an average of 44 people 
each month were shot and either killed or wounded in road 
rage  incidents,  double  the  annual  average  between  2016 
and  2019.    S.  Burd-Sharps  &  K.  Bistline,  Everytown  for 
Gun Safety, Reports of Road Rage Shootings Are on the Rise 
(Apr.  4,  2022),  https://www.everytownresearch.org/reports-