“…Worsening economic conditions, psychological strain, and trauma associated with the pandemic, combined with an increase in firearm sales, 7 could potentially increase the risk of firearm violence in association with the pandemic, thus exacerbating another major public health crisis in the US. 8 However, only a few studies have examined changes in gun violence associated with the pandemic period, 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 and most of these were limited to a small number of locations. 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 18 To our knowledge, no study has quantified the spatial and temporal changes in firearm violence associated with the pandemic at a national scale after controlling for long-term trends and seasonality.…”