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Title: World wide ownership of private firearms
Post by: GreyGeek on June 24, 2018, 01:13:22 PM

http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2018/06/small-arms-survey-shows-us-with-40-of.html (http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2018/06/small-arms-survey-shows-us-with-40-of.html)

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According to the Small Arms Survey, world wide private firearms ownership has increased from about 650 million in 2006 to 857 million at the end of 2017. That is a 32% increase over the eleven year period, or 207 million firearms. The estimate for the United States increased from 270 million in to 393.3 million, a 46 percent increase or 123.3 million firearms, over the same period. The United States accounted for 60 percent of the total global increase.