For years the US gov has claimed that there are 300 million guns in the us, the BS number never go's up they must vanish like gost guns at the end of the year.
Lately, the popular number cited is 400 million. Even gun magazines and organizations use the 400M number. It's preposterously low. It's at least double that.
Here ya go... from Guns-dot-com:
Data: US has 434 Million Guns, 20M ARs, 150M Mags
The trade association for the U.S. firearm industry crunched the numbers and came up with one solid fact: Americans really like guns.
www.guns.com
The 150M "high capacity" mags is an even bigger joke! It's more likely closer to AT LEAST a BILLION. Most gun mags are "high capacity" if the definition is 10 rounds. If most pistols come with TWO mags, and most of them are over 10 rounds, well.... do the math. And, that's if NOBODY purchased extra mags.
My measly collection is about 150 mags (for various firearms). That's just ME, and I'm small potatoes. My estimate of 1B magazines is probably low.
If you assigned the "150M mags" ONLY to the "20M ARs", it would be 7-1/2 mags per AR-15. I submit that most AR-15 owners have more than 7 mags JUST for THAT rifle. But, I think it's safe to say that most certainly have at least 2 - 4 mags. Let's say three as a conservative estimate. So, 3 mags per AR is 60 million mags. That leaves 90 million mags for the other 374 million guns, if we're to believe their numbers. Its not even conceivable to suggest the majority of magazines are 10-rounders. ALL of my guns' STANDARD capacity magazines are greater than 10 rounds except my small / subcompact guns like the G27, SR22, and Colt Pony (.380).
The numbers being cited are laughable.
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