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Number of Privately Owned Firearms
The estimated total number of guns held by civilians in the United States is 270,000,000 (270 million)
Rate of Civilian Firearm Possession per 100 Population
The rate of private gun ownership in the United States is 88.82 firearms per 100 people
Number of Privately Owned Firearms - World Ranking
In a comparison of the number of privately owned guns in 178 countries, the United States ranked at No. 1
Rate of Privately Owned Firearms per 100 Population - World Ranking
In a comparison of the rate of private gun ownership in 179 countries, the United States ranked at No. 1
Number of Military Firearms
The defence forces of the United States are reported to have 3,054,553 firearms
Number of Law Enforcement Firearms
Police in the United States are reported to have 897,400 firearms
The numbers above are so alarming... Private citizens own a LOT more guns than the government put together.
Number of gun homicides in 2010 :8775~ (in the last 10 years around 100,000 people have been murdered using guns)
Number Of self inflicted gun suicide deaths:18,375 (in the last 10 years around 210,000 people have killed themselves with guns)
Number of gun deaths where cause cannot be determined : roughly 800 every year
Your numbers fail to mention that a typical gun owner owns 4 firearms, so it is misleading to divide the total number of guns by the population and declare that 8 out of 10 Americans are gun owners. It is not true. 4 out of 10 are gun owners.
Last edited by Finn_Jarber; 12-15-2012 at 08:50 AM..
From 1990 all the recorded mass murders committed in USA using registered legally purchased guns.
I asked about total murders, not mass killings. Mass killings are a rare thing compared to the numerous murders we see each day in every metro area. What about the rest of the criminals? Are they all registered gun owners? Do they care about a new law banning their weapon? I wouldn't think so, since they maintain a stockpile of numerous illegal guns. So you say ban all guns right? I'm sure the criminals will all happily turn theirs in first
Your numbers fail to mention that a typical gun owner owns 4 firearms, so it is misleading to divide the total number of guns by the population and declare that 8 out of 10 Americans are gun owners. It is not true. 4 out of 10 are gun owners. This number could be boosted by allowing gun ads on TV.
Exactly. Not one gun owner I know owns just one gun. Several are serious hobbyists and own dozens.
The statistics posted by the OP are not really statistics. They are just numbers.
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