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2016 Guns by the Numbers
Total private guns in the United States, 404 million Gun Watch
Total private guns added during President Obama’s two terms, 96 million Gun Watch
Murder rate in the U.S. (latest from 2015) 4.9 per 100,000 FBI
Murder rate in the U.S. 1993 9.5 per 100,000 FBI
Murder rate in Brazil (latest) 24.6 per 100,000 Wikipedia
Murder rate in Mexico 2013 15.7 per 100,000 Wikipedia
Number of people with Concealed Carry permits in the United States: 14.5 million CrimeResearch.org study
Number of States where no permit is required to carry concealed or openly: 12
No permit states added in 2016: 4
Washingtontimes.com
Number of states who issue carry permits – 49
Number of states where open carry of firearms is legal: 45 with the addition of Texas on 1 January, 2016. Opencarry.org map
Number of NICS background checks in 2016 27.5 million (pdf) FBI
Number of police killed with their own guns in 2015 – 3 FBI
Number of times guns used to stop crime or for defense yearly: 1.5 million CDC(pdf)
Suicide rate in the United States 12.1 per 100,000 From wikipedia.com
Suicide rate in France 12.3 per 100,000
Suicide rate in Japan 18.5 per 100,000
Suicide rate in South Korea 28.9 per 100,000
U.S. Fatal Firearm Accident rate in 2015 latest .15 per 100,000 CDC WISQARS
U.S. Fatal Firearm Accident rate in 1932 2.5 per 100,000
Michael Bloomberg Dollars devoted to restricting the Second Amendment in 2016, 65 million: Politico
Anti-Second Amendment initiatives won with Bloomberg money 3 Time
Bloomberg initiative nullified after win, due to legal problems with FBI 1 Reno Gazette-Journal
Anti-Second Amendment initiatives won by Second Amendment supporters 1 Townhall
Percent who believe it more important to protect Right to Own Guns: 52% Pew
Percent who think it more important to control gun ownership: 46% Pew
Number of guns stolen or lost per year: 200,000 governing.com
Murders committed with handguns last data, 2015 6,447 FBI UCR
Murders committed with shotguns 2015 269
Murders committed with rifles 2015 252
Murders committed with (hands,fists,feet,etc.) 2015 623
Murders committed with blunt objects 2015: 437
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Source: http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2017/01/2016-guns-by-numbers.html
