How many guns in the US? updated stats

[Rex B]

Looks like about 10% of American adults have CHL/LTC.
I think most of use are clearly above average.

Report Highlights:

- According to the most recent estimates, the United States has between 400 million and 500 million civilian-owned firearms.
- There are 1.93 firearms for every adult in the U.S. and 1.5 for every American citizen, including children.
- In 2022, there were 22 million people with concealed carry permits.
- 46% of American households—approximately 65.19 million—contain at least one firearm.
- Since 1899, at least 494,060,285 firearms have been manufactured in the U.S.

https://thedailybell.com/all-articles/n ... in-the-us/

[Paladin]

Interesting!

It's pretty clear that the percentage of households with firearms is higher than what those numbers show, for obvious reasons (smart people don't share that info).

Their estimates on the number of firearms/households suggest that the average gun owning household has 6-to-7 firearms. While that number may be low for some of us, its safe to say 400-500 million firearms is probably a low number as well.