[marktwain]

96 million private firearms added under the Obama administration. From 308 million at the start to 404 million at the end, a 31% increase in just two terms!

[TigersEye]

The whole thing just makes me feel warm and fuzzy all over!

The DemoRats have been pushing for gun control for decades.
This is how it has been working out for them.

• The percentage of Americans who own guns has increased.
• The percentage of Americans who believe we have a right to own guns has increased.
• The number of guns owned per gun owner has increased.
• The amount of ammunition possessed per gun owner has increased.
• Concealed carry laws have spread from state to state like wildfire.
• Castle Doctrine laws have been passed in numerous states.
• Stand Your Ground laws have been passed in many states.
• Gun rights lobbying groups have become a cottage industry.
• In the worst economy since the Great Depression the firearms industry can't keep up with orders or expand fast enough.
• 65.4 Million Guns Bought Since Obama Took Office, 91% More Than Bush's First-Term Total 2/12/2013
• 46,455 Background Checks For Gun Purchases Each Day Under Obama 5/3/2013

And in the last two months... (Nov. 2012 and Dec. 2012)

• Americans Buy Enough Guns in Last Two Months to Outfit the Entire Chinese and Indian Armies 1/14/2013
• NRA membership has increased by 250,000. (Jan. 2013)

And it continues...

• NRA Surges to Record 5 Million Members (May 4, 2013)

And there is more...

• FBI Report: Early 2013 Crime Decrease Coincides with Gun Sales Boom

And more...

• FBI: March 2014 Was Biggest March in Gun Background Check History
  ...the raw data shows "2,488,842 total background checks
  were performed in March 2014."

And yet more...

• Gun sales spike in June (highest June sales since 1999) July 7, 2015
  Background checks for gun sales spiked 11% in June compared to last year, making it the busiest June ever,...

And more and more and...

• FBI data shows record number of September gun sales October 10, 2015
  FBI's National Instant Background Check System shows gun sales hit a record high for the fifth month in a row with 1,795,102 prospective gun owners processed in September.

We just keep buyin' more...

• Gun Sales Set Record for Sixth Month in a Row Sales for October 2015

And we bought more more more...

• Record for U.S. Gun Background Checks Set on Black Friday 12/3/2015

And more and more and more...

• 2015: The Year of the Gun (All time record number of background checks processed) 1/4/2016
  More than 23 million checks were processed through the National Instant Background Check System in 2015, an all-time record.

Could it be? More?

• July Gun Sales Crush Previous Record (2.2 million checks) 8/2/2016

More Americans buy more guns...

• October (2016) gun sales see massive spike, set yet another record 11/2/2016

KEEP FLAPPIN' YOUR LIPS, DEMOCRATS! WE'LL BUY MILLIONS MORE. ;-)

[Gay State Conservative]

An armed society is a polite society.

[grobdriver]

Every year some group of people turn 18 and a lot of them go out and buy a firearm. It happens every year and will happen every year - forever.

So what's the big deal?

Every year there are more "private" vehicles on the roads than there were the year before.

What a big nothing burger.

[2harddrive]

DACA is DemoCACA! How about TACO: Trump’s Action for Child Outsiders?

[moovova]

It appears I’m falling behind.

[ForYourChildren]

Great news!

WINNING.

Thanks for posting this.

404 million

With this large number it really amazes me that there are:

very few accidents/year
very few murders/year

[strider44]

That figure is way too low. People that own guns tend to own several. I have a “small” collection at 6 total. I live in Massachusetts which isn’t exactly a gun owners paradise. We do have a great rod and gun club in town and I have my concealed carry permit. I know many people with multiple guns.

Now my father-in-law in Texas? At last count he had 45 guns. Many he inherited from his own father. But in Texas that might be only a medium sized collection. I bet the real national number is north of 500 million

[wjcsux]

This really warms my heart! I’m guessing there are considerably more than 400 million privately owned firearms in the US. This figure is based on what information the ATF has available to them. There are countless private transactions that are impossible to track.

[samadams2000]

Ok about 3 more each ought to about do it .

[Celtic Conservative]

When asked what it would be like to invade the continental US, Japanese admiral Isoroku Yamamoto blanched, and said it would be a fools errand. “There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass” he was quoted as saying. Nice to see that some things remain the same.

CC

[Robert357]

Be careful with estimates, In some locations any sale of a single firearm can result in up to 2 instant checks. (guy sells to store, put in inventory, store sells to an ultimate buyer.) If the second purchaser tries it, but ultimate doesn’t like it and purchases a different firearm the number of instant checks can go even higher.

Just as with churning in stock trading, firearms that have been in a gun collection for decades can suddenly be sold to other owners. That sale doesn’t add a new firearm to the national inventory of privately owned firearms, it just transfers it. So some of the instant checks represent no change in the net number of firearms.

[M Kehoe]

The Muslim Marxist was the best firearms salesman of the century.

5.56mm

[PROCON]

96 million private firearms added under the Obama administration. From 308 million at the start to 404 million at the end, a 31% increase in just two terms!

Thanks Dean!

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[Scrambler Bob]

No wonder the oceans are rising.

Boat accidents, you know.

[Reno89519]

I wonder how accurate this is. What percent of population does not have guns? Change over years. And for gun owners, what is average each? I have a few, a small collection yet by some studies I’m surprisingly on the high side. Which is personally surprising and makes me doubt counts as I suspect lots of gun owners lots more than me. I know when I shoot competitively, the conversations suggest my count is not comparable. Anyway, guess the best stat is number produced or sold, presume most are still in circulation decades later. Besides, when is the last time someone actually threw out a gun?

[Artemis Webb]

I lost all my boats in a gun accident.

[ConservaTeen]

Nice...I feel like asking dad (DeplorableAmerican1776) to take me to the gun range...

[NFHale]

400 million they KNOW of...

Chuckle...

[bgill]

How many more are at the bottom of the lake?

[editor-surveyor]

.
This is just the logged firearms.

There are probably another 200 million unlogged weapons out there (or more).