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The Small Arms Survey 2017 [1] provides estimates of the total number of civilian-owned guns in a country. It then calculates the number per 100 people. This number for a country does not indicate the percentage of the population that owns guns, because single individuals can own multiple guns. See also Percent of households with guns by country.
See also: Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country. It provides estimates of the total number of civilian guns in a country. It then calculates the number per 100 persons. This number for a country does not indicate the percentage of the population that possesses guns. This is because individuals can possess more than one gun.
From 1994 to 2023, gun ownership increased 28% in America. In 2023, about 16.7 million firearms were sold in the U.S. In the first four months of 2024, nearly 5.5 million firearms were sold, averaging around 1.3 million per month. About 72% of gun owners say they own a gun primarily for protection. [3]
In any case, the gun industry in the United States is an anomaly compared to other nations.Overall, the U.S. has an estimated 393.3 million firearms — an average of 120.5 guns per 100 residents.
But when compared to only high-income countries, the United States ranks first, with more than twice as many gun-related homicides per 100,000 people as its nearest “competitor,” Chile.
While personal safety tops the list of reasons why American gun owners say they own a firearm, 63% of US gun-related deaths are self-inflicted. Over 23,000 Americans died from self-inflicted ...
Gun Owners of America (GOA) was founded in 1976 by California state senator H. L. Richardson. The GOA lobbies both state and federal legislatures to promote Second Amendment rights. Richardson was chairman of Gun Owners of America until he retired in 2017. Tim Macy, who had been on the board since the organization’s founding, then became ...
As we head into 2025 one thing remains clear: gun safety isn’t just good policy, it’s good politics.” But the National Rifle Association also trumpeted victories in 2024.