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Among the unique qualities of Professor English’s National Firearms Survey is that he asked respondents whether they owned AR-15 style rifles or large-capacity magazines (holding 10+ rounds of ammunition).

English finds that 30.2% of gun owners have owned AR-15 style rifles (around 25 million people), and 48% have owned 10+ capacity magazines (approximately 40 million people).

RottenApple wrote: Tue Apr 19, 2022 6:01 pm Sadly, all of my firearms and ammunition were lost in a tragic boating accident.

LDB415 wrote: Tue Apr 19, 2022 8:15 pm Well, the first problem with this is the use of the term "large-capacity magazine" or "high-capacity magazine" for what are NOT such magazines. They are standard capacity magazines. And the biggest problem of all is that so many of our own numbers use those same incorrect anti-gun terms!!!! Unless an AR magazine holds 31 or more rounds IT ISN'T HIGH-CAPACITY. STOP USING THAT TERM. Every time you use it when speaking of a standard capacity magazine the anti-gunners win. They've brainwashed you and converted you to their falsehoods. Words matter.

The Annoyed Man wrote: Tue Apr 19, 2022 9:53 pm I read somewhere a while back that there are in excess of 25 million AR15s in private hands in the U.S. But that said, it’s probably impossible to extrapolate how many AR15 owners there are for from that number. Many people, myself included, own more than one example. Many others have only one. Still others used to own one, and sold it to finance something else, like {{{{shudder}}} an AK {{{/shudder}}} or a Hipoint carbine. My personal estimate is that there are somewhere between 10-15 million AR owners.

LDB415 wrote: Tue Apr 19, 2022 8:15 pm Well, the first problem with this is the use of the term "large-capacity magazine" or "high-capacity magazine" for what are NOT such magazines. They are standard capacity magazines. And the biggest problem of all is that so many of our own numbers use those same incorrect anti-gun terms!!!! Unless an AR magazine holds 31 or more rounds IT ISN'T HIGH-CAPACITY. STOP USING THAT TERM. Every time you use it when speaking of a standard capacity magazine the anti-gunners win. They've brainwashed you and converted you to their falsehoods. Words matter.

Paladin wrote: Wed Apr 20, 2022 11:58 am Estimating AR-15 Production, 1964-2017

From this data you can extrapolate that in 2022 there have been more than 10 million AR-15's produced which make them one of the most common firearms in the US.

AndyC1911 wrote: Wed Apr 20, 2022 11:36 am Enough for them to be considered as being in "common, lawful use".