How many guns in america?

According to the Congressional Research Service, as of 2009 there were roughly twice as many guns per capita in the United States as there were in 1968: more than 300 million guns in all. read more

This is a list of countries by estimated guns per capita (number of privately owned small firearms divided by number of residents). The Small Arms Survey 2007 provides an estimate of the total number of known civilian-owned guns in a country per 100 people. These numbers do not clarify which percentage of the population owns those guns. read more

For Gallup, it was 29% (13 points lower than the 42% who live in households with guns). The GSS pegs it even lower -- only 21% of Americans said they personally own guns (11 points lower than the 32% who live in households with guns). read more

The 357 million figure comes from federal manufacturing tallies, from subtracting the number of firearm exports from the number of firearms imported to and remaining in the United States after manufacture. It's the data that many sources use when calculating the number of guns in America, but it isn't exact. read more