This analysis explores data from the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in conjunction with state-level information from census.gov. The goal is to derive insights into gun registrations by investigating relationships between NICS data and census variables.
- Identify the census variable most associated with high gun per capita.
- Determine states with the highest growth in gun registrations.
- Understand the overall trend of gun purchases.
- Gun data: One sheet in an .xlsx file containing firearm checks by month, state, and type.
- U.S. census data: A .csv file with state-level variables, primarily one data point per state for 2016, with a few variables spanning multiple years.