Posted on 12/17/2019 5:42:23 PM PST by deoetdoctrinae
Just under 423 million firearms were produced or imported for civilian ownership in the United States from 1986 to 2018, indicating that the number of guns currently in circulation remains substantial.
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In addition, a new industry report from the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the firearms industry's trade group, found that over 17.7 million modern sporting rifles—a term that encompasses semi-automatic rifles such as the AR-15—were produced or imported overall from 1990 to 2017.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
Let’s see... is that ONE gun for every man, woman, and child in the country with an additional Million backup pieces??
I have never tried to stock up on ammo but I still have more than I will ever use.
The number in the article probably understates reality by at least 100 million.
My Grandfathers owned firearms a long time ago. But I think they were destroyed in a fire. We haven’t seen them in a long time...
Let's put it this way...
Enough, and then double that.
And then a little bit more, just to be sure.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s at least double that number”
Of course it is. I have that many stored in my closets.
Back during the .22 ammo scarcity and price hikes, I sat back and smiled as I looked over my previously gathered inventory. Not a bank vault full, but (as you said) more that I will ever use.
which begs the question, “Why are they seeking to know the number”?
Why do they need to take this estimate, poll, or records?
Yes, we have a gun registry. You can call it a background check database, gun purchases and ammo, etc.
Probably low. If we were a problem, the leftards would know it by now.
We will only proved & arm kin that lean/are conservative.
The lib kin are cut off and isolated.
That may be a true statement under current political conditions, but things could change. You might want to have a war reserve.
Yes! That’s the one
I see well over a billion, more than 2/3rds of my guns were purchased well before 86.
It’s right around the corner.
Did you see the confrontation at Adamn Liar Schiff’s recent town hall meeting?
Soon it’ll get real series.
Land lubbers, eh? Or was it a boating fire?
Mine too...........
I wonder how many of those guns will march on DC if Trump is removed from office?
I have been saving brass since the 1960’s and finally my son is reloading everything.....
Definitely.....lost ALL of mine in a boating accident last fall!
I have moved over 30 times since I first bought and registered most of my guns...my guns are off the map.......
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