Civilian firearms ownership in the European Union

[AlexanderA]

Compiling facts and figures is an attempt to put rationality into the gun debate.

In the United states, at least, ultimately this is futile. The gun debate here revolves around emotional feelings, not around facts. People's attitudes are already ossified, pro or con. Facts are not going to change anyone's mind.

What it boils down to, on both sides, is raw political power. So far the pro-gun side has been winning, but maybe not for much longer.

 

[Texas10mm]

http://weaponsman.com/?p=33875

It seems unlikely that 5/6 of all firearms were made or imported in the last 17 years.

a reasonable and very conservative, very low estimate of 329 million new firearms to the US market 1999-2016.

Two small excerpts from the linked article.