HOW MANY U.S. ADULTS HAVE HOW MANY GUNS?

My best guess of 320 million firearms in the United States is based on an ATF estimate of 260 million at the end of 1999, and about 65 million produced and imported since then (minus exports).

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-1838600008.html#A

I seem to recall seeing numbers for the U.S. estimated at 290 million, but I do not see a source for those numbers.

Any fool in Mordor who thinks gun registration/control would fly in the US these days is:

a. delusional
b. clueless about American history
c. a habitual govt under-estimator
d. looking for trouble
e. all of the above

"And how many are lost in tragic boating accidents but never reported due to the embarrassment of the owners"

Well, I for one have always been suspicious of those who claim some sort of boating accident.

OTOH, I suffered grievous weapons and ammo losses when hurricane Isabelle rolled up the Chesapeake Bay and inundated the lower floor of my home on the banks of the South River.

Just like that, at 4am, everything got sucked out into the bay south of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge...lock, stock, and barrel...

Count the blades of grass and you’ll get your answer. Any WWII buff could have told you that.

They already know all there is to know about WWII - "We dropped atomic bombs on people."

I can honestly say I don't have any guns.

It's a great guessing game. Let's hope they never get counted completely.

What is more interesting is the number of people who might be available to operate those firearms.

Perhaps 150 Million American citizens have ready access to firearms. They either already know how to shoot, or they know that they can learn.

The total number of members of all active military, reserve military, and paramilitary, in ALL the nations of the world is: 73,041,002

How many gun owners are there in the United States of America?

"Answer: Number of guns and gun owners in USA. 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).

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_gun_owners_are_there_in_the_United_States_of_America#ixzz22XowO8Ct"

List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

State	Active Military	Reserve Military	Paramilitary	Total	Total per 1000 capita	Active per 1000 capita
North Korea[126][note l]	1,106,000	8,200,000	189,000	9,495,000	418.9	48.8
Republic of Korea[159][note s]	687,000	8,000,000	4,500	8,691,500	173.6	13.7
Vietnam[193][note y]	455,000	5,000,000	40,000	5,495,000	62	5.1
India[76][note f]	1,325,000	2,142,821	1,300,586	4,768,407	3.9	1.1
People's Republic of China[37]	2,285,000	800,000	1,500,000	4,585,000	3.4	1.7[38][39]
Iran[78][79][note g]	523,000	1,800,000	1,510,000	3,833,000	57.7	7.9
United States of America[187][188]	1,458,219	1,458,500	11,035	2,927,754	9.3	4.7[note y]}}
Russian Federation[145][note p]	1,027,000	754,000	449,000	2,230,000	15.9	7.3
Republic of China[169]	290,000	1,657,000	17,000	1,964,000	85.5	12.6
Brazil[24][note b]	327,710	1,340,000	0	1,667,710	8.4	1.6
Pakistan[129][130]	617,000	513,000	304,000	1,434,000	8.2	3.5
Egypt[52]	468,500	479,000	397,000	1,344,500	17	5.9
Cuba[43][note c]	49,000	1,159,000	26,500	1,234,500	107.8	4.3
Ukraine[182]	129,925	1,000,000	84,900	1,214,825	26.6	2.8
Turkey[177][178][179]	666,576	378,700	152,200	1,197,476	15.6	8.7
Indonesia[77]	302,000	400,000	280,000	982,000	4.1	1.3
Israel[82]	176,500	565,000	8,050	749,550	103.6	24.4
Syria[168]	325,000	314,000	108,000	747,000	34.3	14.9
Thailand[172][note x]	305,860	245,000	113,700	664,560	10.1	4.6
Iraq[80]	191,957	0	386,312	578,269	20	6.6
Spain[160]	128,013	319,000	80,210	527,223	13	3.2
Singapore[154][note r]	72,500	356,500	93,800	522,800	112.2	15.6
Myanmar[118]	406,000	0	107,250	513,250	10.7	8.4
Colombia[40]	285,220	61,900	144,097	491,217	11.2	6.5
Algeria[3]	147,000	150,000	187,200	484,200	14.2	4.3
Italy[83][note h]	293,202	41,867	142,933	478,002	8.2	5
Belarus[15]	72,940	289,500	110,000	472,440	49	7.6
France[60][note e]	352,771	70,300	46,390	469,461	7.3	5.5
Greece[66][67]	177,600	280,000	4,000	461,600	43	16.5
Germany[64]	250,613	200,812	0	451,425	5.5	3
Malaysia[104][note k]	109,000	296,300	24,600	429,900	16.7	4.2
United Kingdom[184][185][186]	197,780	212,400	0	410,180	6.7	3.2
Morocco[116]	195,800	150,000	50,000	395,800	12.7	6.3
Finland[59][note d]	22,600	361,500	7,550	391,650	74.6	4.3
Peru[135][note n]	114,000	195,000	77,000	386,000	13.1	3.9
Azerbaijan[11]	66,940	300,000	15,000	381,940	46.4	8.1
Bulgaria[26]	34,975	302,500	34,000	371,475	51.6	4.9
Mexico[109]	267,506	39,899	36,500	343,905	3.1	2.4
Philippines[136][note o]	120,000	171,000	40,500	331,500	3.4	1.2
Eritrea[55]	201,750	120,000	0	321,750	57	35.7
Lebanon[96]	59,100	232,635	20,000	311,735	77.6	14.7
Portugal[140]	43,330	210,900	47,700	301,930	28.2	4
Japan[85]	230,300	41,800	12,250	284,350	2.2	1.8
Switzerland[167]	22,059	174,071	80,000	276,130	36.3	2.9
Armenia[7]	46,684	210,000	4,748	261,432	88.1	15.7
Sri Lanka[161][note t]	160,900	35,900	62,200	259,000	12.1	7.5
Sweden[166][note w]	13,050	242,000	800	255,850	28.2	1.4
Saudi Arabia[148]	233,500	0	15,500	249,000	8.7	8.1
Austria[10]	27,300	195,000	9,400	231,700	28.2	3.3
Bangladesh[14]	157,053	0	63,900	220,953	1.4	1
Sudan[161][note u]	109,300	85,000	17,500	211,800	5.2	2.7
Romania[144]	73,350	45,000	79,900	198,250	8.9	3.3
Cambodia[29]	124,300	0	67,000	191,300	13.2	8.6
Paraguay[134]	10,650	164,500	14,800	189,950	27.2	1.5
Ecuador[51]	57,983	118,000	400	176,383	12.1	4
Jordan[86]	100,500	65,000	10,000	175,500	28	16
Afghanistan[1]	164,000	0	0	164,000	5.8	5.8
Nigeria[125]	80,000	0	82,000	162,000	1.1	0.5
Nepal[120]	95,753	0	62,000	157,753	5.5	3.4
Mongolia[114]	10,000	137,000	7,200	154,200	50.7	3.3
Democratic Republic of the Congo[47]	151,251	0	1,400	152,651	2.2	2.2
Chile[36]	60,560	40,000	41,500	142,060	8.6	3.6
Ethiopia[57]	138,000	0	0	138,000	1.6	1.6
Yemen[194]	66,700	0	71,200	137,900	6	2.9
Poland[137][138][139]	99,778	10,000	28,100	137,878	3.6	2.6
Laos[94]	29,100	0	100,000	129,100	18.9	4.3
Canada[31]	68,250	55,150	4,554	127,954	3.8	2[32]
Venezuela[192]	115,000	8,000	0	123,000	4.6	4.3
Angola[4]	107,000	0	10,000	117,000	9.1	8.4
Libya[99][note j]	76,000	40,000	0	116,000	18.3	12
Tanzania[171]	27,000	80,000	1,400	108,400	2.6	0.7
Argentina[6]	73,100	0	31,240	104,340	2.6	1.8
Guatemala[68]	15,212	63,863	18,536	97,611	7.4	1.1
Serbia[150][151]	40,000	50,171	0	90,171	12.2	5.4
South Africa[158]	62,082	15,071	12,382	89,535	1.8	1.3
Uzbekistan[190]	67,000	0	20,000	87,000	3.2	2.4
Hungary[74]	29,450	44,000	12,000	85,450	8.6	3
Bolivia[21]	46,100	0	37,100	83,200	8.5	4.7
Australia[8][9]	57,500	25,000	0	82,500	3.9	2.7
Kazakhstan[87]	49,000	0	31,500	80,500	5.2	3.2
Denmark[48]	26,585	53,507	0	80,092	14.6	4.8
Honduras[73]	12,000	60,000	8,000	80,000	10.2	1.5
Moldova[110]	5,998	66,000	2,379	74,377	17.2	1.4
Norway[127]	24,025	45,250	0	69,275	14.9	5.2
Netherlands[121]	61,302	3,339	3,000	67,641	4	3.7
Dominican Republic[50]	49,910	0	15,000	64,910	6.7	5.2
Cyprus[44]	10,050	50,000	750	60,800	56	9.3
Palestine[131][note m]	0	0	56,000	56,000	14	0
Burundi[28]	20,000	0	31,050	51,050	5.4	2.1
United Arab Emirates[183]	51,000	0	0	51,000	10.6	10.6
Zimbabwe[196]	29,000	0	21,800	50,800	4.5	2.5
Tunisia[176]	35,800	0	12,000	47,800	4.6	3.4
Oman[128]	42,600	0	4,400	47,000	13.8	12.5
Uganda[181]	45,000	0	1,800	46,800	1.4	1.4
Kuwait[92]	15,500	23,700	7,100	46,300	17.2	5.8
Croatia[42]	18,600	21,000	3,000	42,600	9.5	4.1
El Salvador[53]	15,500	9,900	17,000	42,400	5.9	2.2
Estonia[56]	4,750	25,000	10,766	40,516	31.2	3.7
Belgium[16]	38,452	2,040	0	40,492	3.9	3.7
Rwanda[146]	33,000	0	2,000	35,000	3.3	3.1
Chad[35]	25,350	0	9,500	34,850	3.4	2.5
Georgia[63]	21,150	0	11,700	32,850	7.5	4.8
Lithuania[100]	8,850	6,700	14,600	30,150	8.5	2.5
Kenya[88]	24,120	0	5,000	29,120	0.7	0.6
Czech Republic[45]	17,932	0	10,988	28,920	2.8	1.8
Côte d'Ivoire[46]	17,050	10,000	1,500	28,550	1.4	0.8
Uruguay[189]	24,621	0	920	25,541	7.3	7
Ireland[81]	10,460	14,875	0	25,335	5.5	2.3
Cameroon[30]	14,100	0	9,000	23,100	1.2	0.7
Turkmenistan[180]	22,000	0	0	22,000	4.5	4.5
Madagascar[102]	13,500	0	8,100	21,600	1	0.7
Mauritania[107]	15,870	0	5,000	20,870	6.7	5.1
Kyrgyzstan[93]	10,900	0	9,500	20,400	3.8	2
Zambia[195]	15,100	3,000	1,400	19,500	1.6	1.3
Bahrain[13]	8,200	0	11,260	19,460	26.7	11.3
Guinea[69]	12,300	0	7,000	19,300	1.9	1.2
Senegal[149]	13,620	0	5,000	18,620	1.4	1
Latvia[95][note i]	5,745	10,866	0	16,611	7.4	2.6
Slovakia[155]	16,531	0	0	16,531	3	3
Djibouti[49]	12,000	2,000	2,450	16,450	17.8	13
Tajikistan[170]	8,800	0	7,500	16,300	2.2	1.2
Ghana[65]	15,500	0	0	15,500	0.6	0.6
Slovenia[156]	7,200	3,800	4,500	15,500	7.7	3.6
Namibia[119]	9,200	0	6,000	15,200	7.2	4.4
Mali[105]	7,350	0	7,800	15,150	1.1	0.5
Albania[2]	14,295	0	500	14,795	4.1	3.9
Montenegro[115]	3,127	0	10,100	13,227	19.7	4.7
Republic of Macedonia[142]	8,000	4,850	0	12,850	6.2	3.9
Nicaragua[123]	12,000	0	0	12,000	2	2
Panama[132]	0	0	12,000	12,000	3.6	0
Republic of the Congo[143]	10,000	0	2,000	12,000	3	2.5
New Zealand[122]	9,702	2,249	0	11,951	2.8	2.3
Qatar[141]	11,800	0	0	11,800	13.4	13.4
Burkina Faso[27]	11,200	0	250	11,450	0.7	0.7
Mozambique[117]	11,200	0	0	11,200	0.5	0.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina[22]	11,099	0	0	11,099	2.4	2.4
Niger[124]	5,300	0	5,400	10,700	0.7	0.3
Botswana[23]	9,000	0	1,500	10,500	5.3	4.5
Sierra Leone[153]	10,500	0	0	10,500	2	2
Brunei[25]	7,000	700	2,250	9,950	25.6	18
Costa Rica[41]	0	0	9,800	9,800	2.3	0
Fiji[58]	3,500	6,000	0	9,500	10.1	3.7
Togo[174]	8,550	0	750	9,300	1.5	1.4
Benin[18]	4,750	0	2,500	7,250	0.8	0.5
Somalia[157]	7,000	0	0	7,000	0.7	0.7
Malawi[103]	5,300	0	1,500	6,800	0.5	0.4
Gabon[61]	4,700	0	2,000	6,700	4.4	3.1
Guinea-Bissau[70]	4,450	0	2,000	6,450	4.2	2.9
Bhutan[19][20][note a]	5,445	0	555	6,000	8.5	7.7
Trinidad and Tobago[175]	4,063	0	0	4,063	3.3	3.3
Jamaica[84]	2,830	953	0	3,783	1.3	1
Swaziland[163][164][165][note v]	3,000	0	644	3,644	3.1	2.5
Kosovo[89][90][91]	2,800	800	0	3,600	2.1	1.6
Equatorial Guinea[54]	1,320	0	2,000	3,320	5.2	2.1
Guyana[71]	1,100	670	1,500	3,270	4.3	1.5
Central African Republic[34]	2,150	0	1,000	3,150	0.7	0.5
Papua New Guinea[133]	3,100	0	0	3,100	0.5	0.5
Liberia[98]	2,400	0	0	2,400	0.7	0.7
Malta[106]	1,954	167	0	2,121	5.2	4.8
Haiti[72]	0	0	2,000	2,000	0.2	0
Lesotho[97]	2,000	0	0	2,000	0.9	0.9
Mauritius[108]	0	0	2,000	2,000	1.6	0
Suriname[162]	1,840	0	0	1,840	3.8	3.8
Belize[17]	1,050	700	0	1,750	5.7	3.4
Luxembourg[101]	900	0	612	1,512	3.1	1.8
Timor Leste[173]	1,332	0	0	1,332	1.3	1.3
Cape Verde[33]	1,200	0	0	1,200	2.8	2.8
Barbados[12]	610	430	0	1,040	3.7	2.1
Bahamas[12]	860	0	0	860	2.8	2.8
Gambia[62]	800	0	0	800	0.4	0.4
Seychelles[152]	200	0	450	650	7.4	2.3
Saint Kitts and Nevis[147][note q]	70	130	119	319	6.2	1.4
Vanuatu[191]	0	0	300	300	1.3	0
Monaco[111][112][113]	0	0	255	255	7.2	0
Antigua and Barbuda[5]	170	75	0	245	2.9	2
Iceland[75]	0	0	130	130	0.4	0

All Countries	20,539,840	42,941,261	9,559,901	73,041,002
State	Active Military	Reserve Military	Paramilitary	Total	Total per 1000 capita	Active per 1000 capita

HOW MANY U.S. ADULTS HAVE HOW MANY GUNS?

A lot of teens own guns. Most young'uns in my family get their first firearm somewhere between the age of eight and twelve. Because I spent most of my time out of the country I only had three by the time I turned eighteen. My cousins tended to have a average of eight.

Thanks for posting the table, meadsjn! I’ll probably review it even more in the future.

Pitiful that Canada gutted their military to such a degree and depend on the US to defend them.

I guess that’s how they pay for their sorry health care system. ...Oh, wait... That’s the same thing the US Democrats and Obama are trying to do here in the US.

Any fool in Mordor who thinks gun registration/control would fly in the US these days is:
a. delusional
b. clueless about American history
c. a habitual govt under-estimator
d. looking for trouble
e. all of the above

You neglected the most important:
f. terminally stupid

the infowarrior