U.S. most armed country with 90 guns per 100 people [View All]

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With all the Non-current numbers I have seen posted lately I thought this would be a good time to revisit how many guns there really are in America.

U.S. most armed country with 90 guns per 100 people
By Laura MacInnis

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States has 90 guns for every 100 citizens, making it the most heavily armed society in the world, a report released on Tuesday said.

U.S. citizens own 270 million of the world's 875 million known firearms, according to the Small Arms Survey 2007 by the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International Studies.

About 4.5 million of the 8 million new guns manufactured worldwide each year are purchased in the United States, it said.

"There is roughly one firearm for every seven people worldwide. Without the United States, though, this drops to about one firearm per 10 people," it said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL2834893820070828?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true

If gun ownership is really declining... all the guns formerly owned by now non-gun owners, and those 4.5 million NEW guns... where are they going?


Also, If anyone has more current figures, I'd love to see them.


Edited for spelling