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There are currently more than 400 million firearms in U.S. civilian hands. Our military and police have about 5.5 million small arms.
In 2018, Small Arms Survey reported that there are over one billion small arms distributed globally, of which 857 million (about 85 percent) are in civilian hands. [2] [3] U.S. civilians alone account for 393 million (about 46 percent) of the worldwide total of civilian held firearms. [3] This amounts to "120.5 firearms for every 100 residents."
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.
M1900 (DWM "American Eagle Luger"; 7.65×22mm, 9×19mm, .45 ACP) (never issued) M1903 Army (.38 Special/.38 Long Colt) M1905 Marine (.38 Long Colt) M1908 Army (.38 Special) M1909 Army (.45 Colt) M1917 (.45 ACP) Mk 1 Underwater Defense Gun (Mk 59 Mod 0) (Navy SEALs) Mk 22 Mod 0 (9×19mm Parabellum) (Special Forces) Objective Personal Defense ...
With nearly 400 million guns in civilian hands, the violence they enable feels to many like a threat to their right to worship in peace, go to school and be safe at home.
The use of firearms is recorded by the police department which publishes detailed statistics on the annual use of firearms dating back to 2003. One report published figures for 2003–2013; [ 45 ] later years are published individually. [ 46 ]
This is an extensive list of small arms—including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifle and any other variants.
In the days since, guns have killed at least 2244 more people. Chicago has seen more recent gun deaths than any other city in the U.S. In a speech there, President Obama said "too many of our children are being taken away from us" as a result of gun violence.