012 -For the Love of Guns

Sheer Quantity 3% of gun owners own almost 50% of all civilian guns. These 7.7mm "super owners"  own between 8-140 guns (on average 17)15 In 2013, U.S. gun manufacturers built 10,844,792 guns, and we imported an additional 5,539,539; the number dropped slightly in 2014.16 There are over 300 million guns owned by civilians (legal and illegal)11 The government holds approximately 2.7mm guns History National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA)4 In 1934 Congress passed a law taxing the...
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