How about going to a Gallup survey?
SEE HERE:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/150353/self-reported-gun-ownership-highest-1993.aspx
Thank you kindly both of you – Perhaps my Googling skills are a bit lacking.
I tried searching on https://ixquick.com/
But came up short – thanks once again.
Per SeekAndFind’s Gallup link:
One in Three Americans [Adults] Personally Own a Gun.
Per http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_gun_owners_are_there_in_the_United_States_of_America:Most estimates range between 39% and 50% of US households having at least one gun (that's about 43-55 million households). The estimates for the number of privately owned guns range from 190 million to 300 million. Removed those that skew the stats for their own purposes the best estimates are about 45% or 52 million of American households owning 260 million guns)
Annually there are roughly 15,000 gun murders in the US; if you divide that number into 45 million households with guns, you come up with about 3,000 households with guns for every (annual) gun murder.Which only means that an awful lot of people legally buy guns with no intention of murdering with them. Nearly all guns are bought for legitimate reasons.A gun is a responsibility. You know, like a car, or a swimming pool. There are people who earn their living by carrying and if necessary using a gun; policemen and security guards for example. There are even instances when men have been legally required to carry, and to shoot, guns - and even to fire cannons. It was called, "the military draft.” The fact that people have the inherent right to assume the responsibility entailed by gun possession is explicit in the Constitution. The choice to exercise that right is a prudential, rather than a moral, issue.