The guiding gun control legislation in the United States is the Gun Control Act 1968 (this is Federal legislation only: each US state and territory enacts its own gun law) The estimated total number of guns held by civilians in the United States is 270,000,000. The rate of private gun ownership in the United States is 88.8 firearms per 100 people
The defense forces of the United States are reported to have 3,054,5533 [1] firearms. Police in the United States are reported to have 897,4004 [1] firearms.
World’s Highest 25: Rate of Civilian Firearm Possession per 100 Population
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World’s Highest 25: Rate of Gun Homicide per 100,000 People
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High Income Countries: Rate of Unintentional Gun Death per 100,000 People
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High Income Countries: Rate of Gun Suicide per 100,000 People
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In the United States, annual firearm homicides total
2009: 9,1467 [2]
2007: 10,129
2006: 10,225
2005: 10,158
2004: 9,385
2003: 9,6597 [2]
2002: 9,36911 [2]
2001: 8,890
1999: 8,2596 [2]
1998: 9,257
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In the United States, the annual rate of firearm homicide per 100,000 population is
2009: 2.985 [1] 7 [1]
2008: 3.12
2007: 3.36
2006: 3.42
2005: 3.43
2004: 3.20
2003: 3.37 [1]
2002: 3.2511 [1]
2001: 3.12
1999: 2.976 [1]
1998: 3.37
1993: 7.0712 [1]
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Table 1.3: Ranking of world’s small arms producers [by sales]
1) Major producers: China, Russia, United States;
2) Medium producers: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom;
3) Small producers: Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Indonesia, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Thailand, Ukraine, Venezuela, Yugoslavia;
4) Unassessed producers (Inadequate information currently available to permit ranking): Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guinea, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Myanmar, Nigeria, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vietnam, Zimbabwe.
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