Gun ownership can be a difficult thing to talk about in the United States, mainly because of all the opinions surrounding the subject. What makes things even more difficult is the fact that there’s so little real concrete information out there about overall trends and statistics. To help shin...
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Estimates of private gun ownership are difficult to determine as there are few states that require firearm registration. There are two proxy methods that are commonly utilized to determine such estimates. Sales for the most widely sold gun magazine, Guns and Ammo, h...
Some are even afraid that a time will come when they will have to defend themselves against the government itself.” It is well known that the NRA employs fear rhetoric to expand gun ownership and gun rights. Following the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, then-NRA President Wayne...
Data collected from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) shows some staggering figures in regards to the amount of firearms owned in the U.S. With 88.8 guns owned per 100 people, the U.S. has the highest gun-ownership rate in the world. (Rogers) With roughly 310 million gu...
In general terms, the United States has some of the most lax laws on the planet in terms of civilian ownership of firearms and ammunition. There are, however, a few categories of restrictions that the federal government enforces.The possession, use, and disposal of nuclear materials ishighly ...
The Second Amendment was intended to protect gun ownership of all able-bodied men so that they could participate in the militia to keep the peace and defend the country if needed. According to the United States Code, a “militia” is composed of all “able-bodied males at least 17 years ...
America’s unique relationship to gun ownership – enshrined as a right in its constitution – is also in the middle of an emotional and divisive debate about the meaning of the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. Twenty-seven words that give its citizens the right to own guns...