33 Non-Suicide Gun Deaths Statewide

From a statistical standpoint, this is not suprising, given the massive surge in Rhode Island FBI NICS firearm background checks that began in March of 2020.

RI Gun Violence from 2014-2021

YearNon-Suicide Gun DeathsGun Injuries
20213329
20202859
20191579
201817127
201711117
201614151
201514136
20141776

Source: https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/query
Table formatted by RICAGV.

RI NICS were already booming before COVID-19

Rhode Island has been at the top of the list of states with the highest increase in FBI background checks since the beginning of the pandemic – #2 in 2020 and #8 in 2021.

NICS Background checks - Rhode Island 1999-2020