2016 Guns by the Numbers

Gun Watch ^ | 7 January, 2017 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

Chart done by David Scott

Total private guns in the United States,  404 million Gun Watch

Total private guns added during President Obama's two terms, 96 million Gun Watch

Murder rate in the U.S. (latest from 2015)  4.9 per 100,000  FBI
Murder rate in the U.S.  1993  9.5 per 100,000  FBI
Murder rate in Brazil (latest) 24.6 per 100,000  Wikipedia
Murder rate in Mexico  2013 15.7 per 100,000  Wikipedia

Number of people with Concealed Carry permits in the United States: 14.5 million  CrimeResearch.org study

Number of States where no permit is required to carry concealed or openly:  12

No permit states added in 2016:  4
Washingtontimes.com

Number of states who issue carry permits - 49

Number of states where open carry of firearms is legal: 45 with the addition of Texas on 1 January, 2016.   Opencarry.org map

Number of NICS background checks in 2016  27.5 million  (pdf) FBI

Number of  police killed with their own guns in 2015 - 3  FBI
 
Number of times guns used to stop crime or for defense yearly: 1.5 million  CDC(pdf)

Suicide rate in the United States  12.1 per 100,000 From wikipedia.com
Suicide rate in France                  12.3 per 100,000
Suicide rate in Japan                    18.5 per 100,000
Suicide rate in South Korea         28.9 per 100,000

U.S. Fatal Firearm Accident rate in 2015 latest   .15 per 100,000 CDC WISQARS
U.S. Fatal Firearm Accident rate in 1932 2.5 per 100,000

Michael Bloomberg Dollars devoted to restricting the Second Amendment in 2016,  65 million:  Politico

Anti-Second Amendment initiatives won with Bloomberg money 3 Time

Bloomberg initiative nullified after win, due to legal problems with FBI  1 Reno Gazette-Journal

Anti-Second Amendment initiatives won by Second Amendment supporters 1 Townhall

Percent who believe it more important to protect Right to Own Guns:  52% Pew

Percent who think it more important to control gun ownership: 46%  Pew

Number of guns stolen or lost per year:        200,000  governing.com

Murders committed with handguns last data, 2015                    6,447    FBI UCR

Murders committed with shotguns 2015                                     269

Murders committed with rifles  2015                                           252

Murders committed with (hands,fists,feet,etc.)  2015                623

Murders committed with blunt objects 2015:                              437


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[marktwain]

Lots of guns sold in 2016. Lots of people got CCW permits.

[umgud]

Even harder to believe; I’ve had a CA CCW for 16 years.

[Inyo-Mono]

Good post!

[Jeff Chandler]

When people point out that the U.S. has a higher violent crime rate than European countries, you point out that the violent crime rate among Scandinavian-Americans is comparable to the violent crime rate in Scandinavian countries.

Let them figure it out from there.

[TigersEye]

We had to be prepared because it was guaranteed that 0bama would declare martial law and suspend the elections.

[RC one]

I would love to find a graph showing the increase in CCW permits across the country over the past 20 years or so. the data is very elusive.

[Windflier]

"Total private guns added during President Obama's two terms, 96 million"

That's one million guns sold for every week Obama was in office.

Best gun salesman ever!

[Windflier]

I’ve had a CA CCW for 16 years.

You must live in a red county with a pro 2nd Amendment Sheriff.

That, or you've got connections.

[umgud]

Kern County is almost “shall issue.” The current and past sheriffs have all been pro 2a.

[Windflier]

Kern County

That explains it.

If I could have made a living out that way, I might have moved there instead of Texas. Been here 11 years now, and yes, I've got a carry permit (open or concealed).

[umgud]

I would prefer TX.

[Pollster1]

That’s 230,000 guns sold for every week Obama was in office. Sadly, we suffered through eight years under the communist tyrant, not just two years.

[marktwain]

I think Windflier meant 1 million guns a month...

[Pollster1]

My mind went to the tragedy that it wasn’t just two years under that far-left bigot, but I’m sure you read his meaning correctly.

[Terry L Smith]

The number of concealed carry permits, reflect only the ones issued by the states.

It might not reflect the number of permits issued by the individual counties/parishes.

Here in Louisiana, there is the state-issued permit, and each parish issues their own permit, legal within that parish, alone.

Since my world is filled within the parish, I have often entertained this idea.

[marktwain]

You are correct.

Permits issued by counties and parishes are often not reported to a central location. This makes them difficult to count.

It is why we have a very limited idea of the number of permits issued in Maine and New York.

[Lando Lincoln]

bookmark

[Redleg Duke]

You can expect to lose that any day, now!

[Terry L Smith]

Dear Mark Twain,

And that is what scares the liberal left, the most!

[Windflier]

I think Windflier meant 1 million guns a month...

Yes, that's right. I was in a hurry and goofed the arithmetic.