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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]
For example, women and ethnic minorities saw the sharpest rise of private gun ownership in the United States in 2020 and the ongoing ownership trends do not indicate any sign of abatement. [21] [22] [23] Also, in 2020 and 2021 a sharp increase in gun ownership was seen due to the riots and pandemic during that time. [24] [25] Nearly half of the ...
Nucla became the first city to mandate gun ownership in Colorado. With just around 700 people, Nucla passed what they call the "Home Protection Ordinance" in 2013, but does not actually enforce it. 4.
Pennsylvania ranked higher than most states for gun sales in 2023 and the first four months of 2024, according to a review of data from SafeHomes. Americans bought 5.5 million guns to start 2024 ...
Map of civilian guns per 100 people by country from the Small Arms Survey 2017 [1] This is a list of countries by estimated number of privately owned guns per 100 people. 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.
Gun ownership among Republican women across America surges, a Gallup poll reveals. Rural areas see spike as firearms are used for protection, sport.
Republican women are the ones driving up the party’s gun ownership percentage most dramatically, with 19% of them owning guns in the 2007-2012 period and 33% in the most recent six-year period.
After the Sandy Hook shooting, the majority of people, including gun owners and non-gun owners, wanted the government to spend more money in order to improve mental health screening and treatment, to deter gun violence in America. In the United States in 2009 there were 3.0 recorded intentional homicides committed with a firearm per 100,000 ...