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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]
Monthly FBI background checks for gun sales jumped 20% or more from August to October in 2000, 2004 and 2008, and by 15% in 2016, according to NSSF-adjusted figures.
An analysis found that Ohio was No. 6 in the U.S. for most firearms sales in 2023. ... In 2022, the CDC/National Center for Health Statistics recorded more than 48,000 gun deaths nationwide, ...
As the United States grapples with continued gun violence, legislation to improve responsible gun ownership continues to move slowly. GOBankingRates took a look at the how gun sales have changed ...
In 2017, the Small Arms Survey estimated that approximately one billion firearms were in global circulation; of those, 857 million (85%) were possessed by civilians, 133 million (13%) were possessed by national militaries, and 23 million (2%) belonged to law enforcement agencies. The Small Arms Survey also found that the number of firearms in ...
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.
Like legions of other first-time buyers who are contributing to record sales for the U.S. gun industry this year, Garland’s decision to take up arms is driven in part by disturbing news about ...
background checks on all gun sales, by a net 80 percentage points; creation of a national database with information about each gun sale, by a net 57 points; banning of assault-style weapons, by a net 42 points; closing the gun show loophole, by a net 70 points; requiring gun owners to store their guns in a safe storage unit, by a net 62 points.