Just 3% of
Americans own
nearly half of all
guns, survey finds
Just 3 percent of
Americans own
nearly half of all the guns in the country, and there's at least one gun for every American adult, a new study has found.
Of the 265 million guns in the United States, 133 million are owned by
Just 3 percent of Americans, according to a forthcoming
survey by Harvard and **rtheastern University researchers. Its preliminary findings were released by
The Guardian and
The Trace Monday.
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One of the most **table findings is that there are more guns out there, but a smaller fraction of
Americans who own them. Since 1994, the percentage of
Americans who own guns has gone down from 25% to 22%. But there are 70 million more guns in circulation, the survey's results show.
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