If guns were votes, America would already be a landslide.
A new estimate from a Second Amendment group suggested that Americans collectively own more than 500 million firearms, a staggering figure that underscores just how deeply embedded gun ownership remains in the national fabric — despite years of political pressure, media panic, and legislative headwinds aimed at shrinking it.
According to estimates analyzed by the Firearm Industry Trade Association, also known as the NSSF, gun ownership is absolutely thriving in the Land of the Free.
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The estimate, citing data collected from 1990 to 2023, claimed that Americans collectively owned an astounding 506.1 million firearms.
Data from the Pew Research Center adds some fascinating context to these staggering figures.
According to Pew’s 2023 research, nearly one-third
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