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07-17-2013, 08:04 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/americans-own-nearly-half-privately-owned-guns-earth-205800548.html http://media.zenfs.com/152/2011/04/29/atlanticwire_232141.png (http://www.theatlanticwire.com/) <cite class="byline vcard top-line">Matt Berman, National Journal <abbr>July 16, 2013</abbr> </cite>
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In 1994, the United States was home to about 200 million privately owned guns. Today, that number has ballooned to between 270 million and 300 million. That's almost half of all privately owned guns worldwide, according to a new essay from the Brookings Institution (http://www.brookings.edu/research/essays/2013/sandy-hook-promise-gun-safety).
<small>RELATED: </small>54% of Americans Want Stricter Gun Laws (http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/12/54-americans-want-stricter-gun-laws/60073/)
The essay, titled The Promise by Matt Bennett, looks back at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings and the way ahead for gun control. The piece breaks down some other big numbers surrounding the battle for more gun regulation: More than 10 firearm deaths per 100,000 Americans every year; 600 annual accidental shootings; 11,400 murders; about 31,000 total gun deaths. The most common age of people who commit gun crimes is 19, then 20, then 18. That's despite regulations that bar licensed dealers from selling handguns to anyone under the age of 21. Almost 100 million adults live in a home with a gun. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WITH GOOD NEWS LIKE THIS I JUST HAD TO SHARE! So we have about half the guns that are privately owned! Good show America. One that Obama and his henchmen are damn unhappy to have to endure. THE 2ND AMENDMENT IS ALIVE AND WELL ALTHOUGH TRIMMED DOWN A BIT.
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In 1994, the United States was home to about 200 million privately owned guns. Today, that number has ballooned to between 270 million and 300 million. That's almost half of all privately owned guns worldwide, according to a new essay from the Brookings Institution (http://www.brookings.edu/research/essays/2013/sandy-hook-promise-gun-safety).
<small>RELATED: </small>54% of Americans Want Stricter Gun Laws (http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/12/54-americans-want-stricter-gun-laws/60073/)
The essay, titled The Promise by Matt Bennett, looks back at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings and the way ahead for gun control. The piece breaks down some other big numbers surrounding the battle for more gun regulation: More than 10 firearm deaths per 100,000 Americans every year; 600 annual accidental shootings; 11,400 murders; about 31,000 total gun deaths. The most common age of people who commit gun crimes is 19, then 20, then 18. That's despite regulations that bar licensed dealers from selling handguns to anyone under the age of 21. Almost 100 million adults live in a home with a gun. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WITH GOOD NEWS LIKE THIS I JUST HAD TO SHARE! So we have about half the guns that are privately owned! Good show America. One that Obama and his henchmen are damn unhappy to have to endure. THE 2ND AMENDMENT IS ALIVE AND WELL ALTHOUGH TRIMMED DOWN A BIT.